00:00:13 . >> GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY.
00:00:14 WELCOME TO THE JULY 29TH 2025 REGULAR MEETING OF THE SAN
00:00:17 FRANCISCO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. MADAM CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE
00:00:21 CALL THE ROLL? THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
00:00:24 SUPERVISOR CHAN CHAN PRESENT SUPERVISOR CHEN CHEN PRESENT
00:00:28 SUPERVISOR DORSEY DORSEY PRESENT SUPERVISOR AND GAUDIO
00:00:35 AND GAUDIO PRESENT SUPERVISOR FIELDER FIELDER PRESENT
00:00:39 SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD MAHMOOD PRESENT SUPERVISOR MANDOLIN
00:00:43 PRESIDENT MANDOLIN PRESENT SUPERVISOR MELGAR MELGAR
00:00:48 PRESENT SUPERVISOR SAUTER SAUTER PRESENT SUPERVISOR
00:00:51 CHERYL CHERYL PRESENT AND SUPERVISOR WALTON WALTON
00:00:55 PRESENT MR. PRESIDENT ALL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT.
00:01:00 >> THANK YOU MADAM CLERK. THE SAN FRANCISCO BOARD OF
00:01:01 SUPERVISORS ACKNOWLEDGES THAT WE ARE ON THE UNCEDED ANCESTRAL
00:01:05 HOMELAND OF THE RAHMATULLAH LONI WHO ARE THE ORIGINAL
00:01:09 INHABITANTS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO PENINSULA.
00:01:10 AS THE INDIGENOUS STEWARDS OF THIS LAND AND IN ACCORDANCE
00:01:13 WITH THEIR TRADITIONS THE RAM OFFICIAL OWNING HAVE NEVER
00:01:16 CEDED LOST NOR FORGOTTEN THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES AS THE
00:01:20 CARETAKERS OF THIS PLACE AS WELL AS FOR ALL PEOPLES WHO
00:01:21 RESIDE IN THEIR TRADITIONAL TERRITORY.
00:01:24 AS GUESTS WE RECOGNIZE THAT WE BENEFIT FROM LIVING AND WORKING
00:01:28 ON THEIR TRADITIONAL HOMELANDS. WE WISH TO PAY OUR RESPECTS BY
00:01:31 ACKNOWLEDGING THE ANCESTORS, ELDERS AND RELATIVES OF THE RAW
00:01:32 MATERIAL AND COMMUNITY AND BY AFFIRMING THEIR SOVEREIGN
00:01:36 RIGHTS AS FIRST PEOPLES. COLLEAGUES, WILL YOU JOIN ME
00:01:39 IN RECITING THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE PLEDGING ALLEGIANCE
00:01:44 TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE
00:01:48 REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD,
00:01:51 INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
00:02:01 >> ON BEHALF OF OUR BOARD I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE STAFF
00:02:06 AT US OF GOTV TODAY ESPECIALLY KALEENA MENDOZA.
00:02:09 THEY RECORD EACH OF OUR MEETINGS AND MAKE THE
00:02:10 TRANSCRIPTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC ONLINE.
00:02:14 MADAM CLERK, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMUNICATIONS?
00:02:17 >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. THE SAN FRANCISCO BOARD OF
00:02:19 SUPERVISORS WELCOMES YOU ALL TO ATTEND THIS MEETING HERE IN THE
00:02:22 BOARD'S LEGISLATIVE CHAMBER IN THE SECOND FLOOR ROOM TO 50
00:02:28 OF CITY HALL. OR YOU MAY WATCH THE PROCEEDING
00:02:31 ON SRF GEO TV'S CHANNEL 26 OR VIEW THE LIVE STREAM AT W WW
00:02:38 DOT S.F. GEO VTV.ORG. IF YOU HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT THAT
00:02:41 YOU WOULD LIKE TO SUBMIT TO THE BOARD SEND AN EMAIL TO B O S AT
00:02:45 S.F. GOV DOT ORG. OR USE THE POSTAL SERVICE
00:02:49 AND JUST ADDRESS YOUR ENVELOPE TO THE SAN FRANCISCO BOARD OF
00:02:53 SUPERVISORS. THE NUMBER ONE DOCTOR CARLTON B
00:02:56 GOOD PLACE CITY HALL ROOM 244 SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA 94102
00:03:06 TWO MAKE A REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION REQUEST UNDER THE
00:03:07 AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT OR TO REQUEST LANGUAGE
00:03:10 ASSISTANCE. CONTACT THE CLERK'S OFFICE AT
00:03:14 LEAST TWO BUSINESS DAYS IN ADVANCE AND YOU CAN CALL
00:03:17 (415) 554-5184. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
00:03:22 >> THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. LET'S GO TO APPROVAL OF OUR
00:03:25 MEETING MINUTES. >> APPROVAL OF THE JUNE 24TH
00:03:28 2025 REGULAR BOARD MEETING MINUTES AND THE JUNE 25TH JUNE
00:03:34 25TH 2025 SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES AT THE BUDGET
00:03:35 AND APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE MEETING WHICH CONSTITUTED A
00:03:38 QUORUM OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
00:03:41 >> COLLEAGUES CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES
00:03:43 AS PRESENTED MOVED BY CHAN SECONDED BY WALTON.
00:03:49 >> MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE MINUTES AS
00:03:53 PRESENTED SUPERVISOR AND ENGARDIO AND GUARDIAN EYES
00:03:57 SUPERVISOR FIELDER FIELDER EYES SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD MAHMOOD EYES
00:04:01 SUPERVISOR RANDLEMAN I RANDLEMAN EYES SUPERVISOR
00:04:04 MELGAR MELGAR EYES SUPERVISOR SARDAR SARDAR EYES SUPERVISOR
00:04:08 CHERYL CHERYL EYES SUPERVISOR WALTON WALTON EYES SUPERVISOR
00:04:15 CHAN CHIN EYES SUPERVISOR CHIN CHIN I AND SUPERVISOR DORSEY
00:04:20 DORSEY I. >> THERE ARE 11 EYES WITHOUT
00:04:24 OBJECTION THE MINUTES WILL BE APPROVED AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT
00:04:27 AS PRESENTED MADAM CLERK LET'S GO TO OUR CONSENT TO AGENDA
00:04:31 ITEMS ONE THROUGH 23 ITEMS ONE THROUGH 23 ARE ON CONSENT.
00:04:35 THESE ITEMS ARE CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINE.
00:04:38 IF A MEMBER OBJECTS AN ITEM MAY BE REMOVED AND CONSIDERED
00:04:41 SEPARATELY. >> MADAM CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
00:04:45 ROLL ON ITEMS ONE THROUGH 23 SUPERVISOR AND AUDIO
00:04:52 AND GUARDIAN EYES SUPERVISOR FIELDER FIELDER EYES SUPERVISOR
00:04:58 MAHMOOD MAHMOOD EYES SUPERVISOR MANDOLIN MIDDLEMAN EYES
00:05:02 SUPERVISOR MELGAR MELGAR EYES SUPERVISOR SADR SADR EYES
00:05:07 SUPERVISOR CHERYL CHERYL EYES SUPERVISOR WALTON WALTON EYES
00:05:11 SUPERVISOR CHAN CHIN EYES SUPERVISOR CHIN CHIN I
00:05:19 AND SUPERVISOR DORSEY DORSEY EITHER R.A. LEBANESE OR WITHOUT
00:05:23 OBJECTION THESE ORDINANCES ARE FINALLY PASSED AND THE
00:05:26 RESOLUTIONS ARE ADOPTED. MADAM CLERK LET'S GO TO
00:05:30 UNFINISHED BUSINESS. >> PLEASE CALL ITEM 24.
00:05:31 ITEM 24 THIS IS AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
00:05:35 TO EXPAND THE SCOPE EXCUSE ME OF EMERGENCY PROCUREMENT
00:05:38 PROVISIONS FOR GOODS AND SERVICES AND TO ALLOW CITY
00:05:42 DEPARTMENTS TO MODIFY AGREEMENTS IN WAYS NOT
00:05:46 CONTEMPLATED IN THE ORIGINAL SOLICITATION.
00:05:49 I THINK WE CAN TAKE THIS ITEM SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL WITHOUT
00:05:53 OBJECTION THE ORDINANCE IS FINALLY PASSED.
00:05:54 MADAM CLERK PLEASE CALL ITEM 25 ITEM 25 THIS IS AN ORDINANCE TO
00:05:58 APPROVE HEALTH SERVICES ITEM PLANS AND CONTRIBUTION RATES
00:06:02 FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2026 JUST PURSUANT TO THE CHARTER THIS
00:06:08 MATTER REQUIRES NINE VOTES OF ALL MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF
00:06:09 SUPERVISORS TO APPROVE FOR PASSAGE TODAY.
00:06:12 >> AND AGAIN WE'LL TAKE THE SAME HOUSE SAME CALL WITHOUT
00:06:15 OBJECTION THE ORDINANCE IS FINALLY PASSED.
00:06:16 >> MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL ITEM 26.
00:06:20 >> ITEM 26 THIS IS AN ORDINANCE TO SETTLE THE LAWSUIT FILED BY
00:06:25 ARCHDIOCESE OF SAN FRANCISCO PARISH AND SCHOOL JURIDIQUE
00:06:29 PERSONS REAL PROPERTY SUPPORT CORPORATION AGAINST THE CITY
00:06:30 AND COUNTY FOR $248,000. THIS INVOLVES ALLEGED PROPERTY
00:06:36 DAMAGE AND ECONOMIC LOSSES ARISING FROM FLOODING CAUSED BY
00:06:40 A WATER TRANSMISSION PIPELINE BREAK.
00:06:45 SUPERVISOR CHANCE SPOKE LAST TIME TO DISCLOSE THAT SHE DOES
00:06:48 NOT BELIEVE THAT SHE HAS A CONFLICT AND WE CAN THEREFORE
00:06:50 TAKE THIS ITEM SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL WITHOUT OBJECTION THE
00:06:53 ORDINANCE IS FINALLY PASSED MADAM CLERK PLEASE CALL ITEMS
00:06:57 27 AND 28 ITEMS 27 AND 28 ARE TWO ORDINANCES THAT WAIVE THE
00:07:02 COMPETITIVE SOLICITATION REQUIREMENTS UNDER CHAPTERS 14
00:07:06 B AND 21 OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE FOR THE POLICE
00:07:10 DEPARTMENT'S PROCUREMENT OF EQUIPMENT TECHNOLOGY
00:07:13 AND SERVICES. ITEM 27 SUPPORTS THE
00:07:14 DEPARTMENT'S RTI SEE THE REAL TIME INVESTIGATION CENTER
00:07:18 UTILIZING GIFT FUNDS RECEIVED FROM THE SAN FRANCISCO POLICE
00:07:22 COMMUNITY FOUNDATION. AND ITEM 28 IS FOR THE REGIONAL
00:07:26 VEHICLE INTERDICTION DESK USING GRANT FUNDS FROM THE UNITED
00:07:29 STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE BUREAU OF JUSTICE ASSISTANCE.
00:07:33 >> SUPERVISOR FIELDER THANKS PRESIDENT.
00:07:37 COLLEAGUES TODAY ARE BEING ASKED TO APPROVE OVER $9
00:07:41 MILLION OF IN-KIND GIFTS AND WAIVE COMPETITIVE BIDDING
00:07:45 REQUIREMENTS TO EXPAND THE SAN FRANCISCO POLICE DEPARTMENT'S
00:07:48 REAL TIME INVESTIGATION CENTER. >> THESE FOUR ITEMS RANGE FROM
00:07:52 PRIVATE TECH DONATIONS TO SURVEILLANCE SOFTWARE
00:07:55 AND DRONES. >> I WILL BE VOTING NO ON ALL
00:07:59 FOUR ITEMS RELATED TO THE EXPANSION OF THE REAL TIME
00:08:00 INVESTIGATIONS CENTER FOR THE POLICE.
00:08:03 >> WHILE PUBLIC SAFETY IS A PRIORITY THAT I SHARE.
00:08:06 WE NEED TO ALSO CONSIDER THE LONG TERM IMPLICATIONS THAT
00:08:10 COME WITH EXPANDING SURVEILLANCE INFRASTRUCTURE
00:08:12 ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S FUNDED BY PRIVATE DONATIONS DEVELOPED
00:08:15 WITH MINIMAL REFORMS OF OVERSIGHT AND ADVANCED THROUGH
00:08:19 WAIVERS OF OUR CITY'S COMPETITIVE BIDDING PROCESS.
00:08:23 >> JUST THIS YEAR ALONE WE LEARNED THAT AS OF ILLEGALLY
00:08:26 SHARE DATA FROM AUTOMATIC LICENSE PLATE READERS WITH OUT
00:08:30 OF STATE LAW ENFORCEMENT INCLUDING AGENCIES THE AT THE
00:08:34 FEDERAL LEVEL THIS IS A CLEAR VIOLATION OF OUR CITY'S
00:08:38 SANCTUARY LAWS AND A DIRECT. >> SORRY THIS IS POTENTIALLY A
00:08:45 VIOLATION OF OUR CITY'S SANCTUARY LAWS AS WE HAVE NO
00:08:48 CONTROL OVER THOSE FEDERAL AGENCIES AND WHAT DATA THEY
00:08:50 SHARE WITH ICE. THIS ALSO PRESENTS A DIRECT
00:08:53 THREAT TO CIVIL LIBERTIES OF ALL IMMIGRANT RESIDENTS IN SAN
00:08:57 FRANCISCO. >> I WANT TO REAFFIRM THAT WE
00:09:01 ARE A SANCTUARY CITY AND ANY INVESTMENTS IN SURVEILLANCE
00:09:05 THAT WE CANNOT GUARANTEE HAVE STRONG GUARDRAILS RISKS
00:09:09 UNDERMINING OUR SANCTUARY PROMISE TOOLS LIKE DRONES, DATA
00:09:13 SOFTWARE AND LICENSE PLATE TRACKING MAY BE CRIME FIGHTING
00:09:20 ASSETS. >> BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO EVALUATE
00:09:21 THOSE BENEFITS AGAINST THE RISKS TO OUR COMMUNITIES.
00:09:24 >> THESE MEASURES DEEPEN OUR RELIANCE ON PRIVATELY FUNDED
00:09:29 LAW ENFORCEMENT EQUIPMENT AND IT RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT
00:09:33 ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY .
00:09:36 FOR THESE REASONS ESPECIALLY FOR THE POTENTIAL HARMS
00:09:37 IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES AND CIVIL LIBERTIES, I CANNOT SUPPORT
00:09:41 THIS EXPANSION. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.
00:09:45 >> PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON ITEMS 27 AND 28 ON ITEMS 27
00:09:49 AND 28. SUPERVISOR AND GAUDIO IN GAUDIO
00:09:52 I SUPERVISOR FIELDER. FIELDER NO SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD
00:09:56 MAHMOOD I SUPERVISOR RANDLEMAN HI MENDELSON I SUPERVISOR
00:10:01 MELGAR MELGAR I SUPERVISOR SADR SADR I SUPERVISOR CHERYL CHERYL
00:10:07 I SUPERVISOR WALTON MOULTON NO SUPERVISOR CHIN CHIN EYES
00:10:14 SUPERVISOR CHIN CHIN I AND SUPERVISOR DORSEY DORSEY I
00:10:18 THERE ARE NINE EYES AND TWO NOSE WITH SUPERVISORS FIELDER
00:10:22 AND WALTON VOTING NO THE AUDIENCES ARE FINALLY PASSED
00:10:26 MADAM CLERK PLEASE CALL ITEMS 29 AND 30 TOGETHER ITEM 29
00:10:33 AND 30 ARE TWO RESOLUTIONS THAT APPROVE IN-KIND GIFTS TO
00:10:36 SUPPORT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S REAL TIME INVESTIGATION CENTER
00:10:40 ITEM 29 RETROACTIVELY AUTHORIZES THE POLICE
00:10:41 DEPARTMENT TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND AN IN-KIND GIFT OF OFFICE SPACE
00:10:46 FROM REPLY LABS INC VALUED AT 2.1 MILLION THROUGH DECEMBER
00:10:52 31ST 2026 ITEM 30 RETROACTIVELY AUTHORIZES THE POLICE
00:10:55 DEPARTMENT TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND GIFTS OF EQUIPMENT, SERVICES
00:10:59 AND FUNDS TOTALING APPROXIMATELY 7.2 MILLION FOR
00:11:03 THE INSTALLATION OF FIBER INTERNET SERVICE PURCHASE OF 12
00:11:06 DOCKS AND DRONES RELATED SOFTWARE AND SERVICES TO DATA
00:11:11 INTEGRATION SOFTWARE AND EMPLOYEE PARKING FEES WITH
00:11:14 THE START DATE OF APRIL 30TH 2025 AND TO AUTHORIZE THE
00:11:17 POLICE DEPARTMENT TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND FUTURE GIFTS FROM
00:11:19 SAN FRANCISCO POLICE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR SUPPORT OF THE
00:11:22 ARTICLE PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON ITEMS 29 AND 30 SUPERVISORS
00:11:28 IN GAUDIO AND GAUDIO I SUPERVISOR FIELDER FIELDER NO
00:11:33 SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD MAHMOOD EYES SUPERVISOR MANDOLIN HI
00:11:36 MENDELSON I SUPERVISOR MELGAR MELGAR I SUPERVISOR SORTER
00:11:43 SORTER EYES SUPERVISOR CHERYL CHERYL I SUPERVISOR WALTON
00:11:47 WALTON NO SUPERVISOR CHIN CHIN EYES SUPERVISOR CHIN CHIN I
00:11:55 AND SUPERVISOR DORSEY DORSEY I THERE ARE NINE EYES AND TWO
00:11:59 NOSE WITH SUPERVISORS FIELDER AND WALTON VOTING NO THE
00:12:03 RESOLUTIONS ARE ADOPTED MADAM CLERK PLEASE CALL ITEM 31 ITEM
00:12:09 31 THIS IS AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
00:12:11 TO PROMOTE EQUITABLE ACCESS TO SHELTER AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
00:12:14 SERVICES BY PROHIBITING THE CITY FROM SITING A NEW CITY
00:12:18 FUNDED HOMELESS SHELTER TRANSITIONAL HOUSING FACILITY
00:12:21 OR CERTAIN BEHAVIORAL HEALTH RESIDENTIAL CARE AND TREATMENT
00:12:26 FACILITIES COLLECTIVELY CALLED COVERED FACILITIES IN A
00:12:29 NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE THE NEIGHBORHOOD SHARE OF THE CITY
00:12:30 SHELTER AND TRANSITIONAL HOUSING BEDS EXCEED THE
00:12:34 NEIGHBORHOOD SHARE OF THE CITY'S UNSHELTERED PERSONS
00:12:38 AND TO PROHIBIT THE CITY FROM SITING A NEW CITY FUNDED
00:12:41 HOMELESS SHELTER WITHIN 300FT OF AN EXISTING HOMELESS SHELTER
00:12:44 AND TO AUTHORIZE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO WAIVE THESE
00:12:48 PROHIBITIONS UPON A FINDING THAT APPROVING THE COVERED
00:12:51 FACILITY OR HOMELESS SHELTER AT THE PROPOSED LOCATION IS IN THE
00:12:55 PUBLIC INTEREST AND TO PROVIDE THAT THIS ORDINANCE SUNSETS ON
00:13:01 DECEMBER 31ST, 2031. SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD THANK YOU
00:13:05 PRESIDENT AND COLLEAGUES I WANT TO BEGIN ON THIS ORDINANCE BY
00:13:09 RECOGNIZING THE STRONG AND UNITED COMMUNITIES SUPPORT
00:13:13 WE JUST SAW OUTSIDE AT A PRESS CONFERENCE STEPS AWAY.
00:13:17 THAT MOMENT UNDERSCORED WHAT THIS LEGISLATION IS REALLY
00:13:19 ABOUT SHOWING THAT SAN FRANCISCO CAN COME TOGETHER
00:13:22 ACROSS NEIGHBORHOODS, BACKGROUNDS AND SECTORS TO
00:13:26 BUILD A SMARTER, FAIRER AND MORE COMPASSIONATE APPROACH
00:13:30 TO HOMELESSNESS. >> WE HEARD FROM LABOR UNIONS,
00:13:34 BUSINESS LEADERS, POLITICAL LEADERS AND COMMUNITY ADVOCATES
00:13:37 MANY OF WHOM HAVE EXPERIENCED FIRSTHAND HOW OUR CURRENT
00:13:41 SYSTEM STRAINS ALREADY BURDENED NEIGHBORHOODS WHILE LEAVING
00:13:45 OTHERS BEHIND. >> THAT'S WHY WE'RE PROUD TO
00:13:46 BRING THIS ORDINANCE FORWARD WITH THE SUPPORT OF A BROAD
00:13:49 AND DIVERSE COALITION WHO ALL AGREE WE NEED A MORE BALANCED
00:13:53 DATA INFORMED SYSTEM OF CARE THAT MEETS PEOPLE WHERE THEY
00:13:57 ARE AND HELPS COMMUNITIES THRIVE.
00:14:00 >> OUR COMMUNITY AND ORGANIZATIONAL SPONSORS
00:14:01 INCLUDE CODE TENDERLOIN, TENDERLOIN.
00:14:04 COMMUNITY BENEFIT DISTRICT TENDERLOIN HOUSING CLINIC, SOMA
00:14:08 WEST NEIGHBORS ASSOCIATION, LOWER HILL NEIGHBORHOOD
00:14:12 ALLIANCE THE SAN FRANCISCO DEMOCRATIC COUNTY CENTRAL
00:14:15 COMMITTEE LOCAL 87 SEIU GENDERS UNION LOCAL FIVE UNITED FOOD
00:14:19 AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS UNION UNITE HERE LOCAL TWO HOTEL
00:14:23 AND RESTAURANT WORKERS UNION THE BAY AREA COUNCIL SAN
00:14:27 FRANCISCO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FORMER TENDERLOIN SUPERVISORS
00:14:31 JANE KIM AND MATT HANEY. >> THEIR SUPPORT UNDERSCORES A
00:14:35 SHARED BELIEF THAT NEIGHBORHOODS DESERVE A VOICE
00:14:39 IN SHAPING HOW SERVICES ARE DELIVERED.
00:14:42 >> AND THAT PARTNERSHIP NOT SURPRISE IS THE PATH TO
00:14:46 SUCCESSFUL SUSTAINABLE SOLUTION.
00:14:49 THIS ORDINANCE REFLECTS THE YEARS OF ADVOCACY, ADVOCACY
00:14:50 AND A COLLECTIVE EFFORT TO STRENGTHEN THE FABRIC OF OUR
00:14:53 MOST IMPACTED COMMUNITIES. >> THE ONE CITY SHELTER ACT IS
00:14:58 ROOTED IN A SIMPLE BUT LONG OVERDUE PRINCIPLE THAT EVERY
00:15:01 NEIGHBORHOOD SHOULD BE PART OF THE SOLUTION AND EVERY SAN
00:15:05 FRANCISCAN SHOULD HAVE ACCESS TO SHELTER AND CARE NO MATTER
00:15:08 WHERE THEY LIVE. >> FOR TOO LONG WE'VE RELIED ON
00:15:12 REACTIVE AND CRISIS DRIVEN PLANNING.
00:15:13 IT'S LED TO A HARMFUL OVERCONCENTRATION IN JUST A FEW
00:15:17 NEIGHBORHOODS WHILE OTHERS HAVE REMAINED SERVICE DESERTS.
00:15:20 >> THIS ORDINANCE AIMS TO BREAK THAT CYCLE.
00:15:27 >> WHAT WE'RE BRINGING FORWARD TODAY IS THE MOST IMPLEMENTABLE
00:15:28 DATA INFORMED VERSION OF THIS POLICY ONE THAT STRENGTHENS
00:15:32 TRANSPARENCY, ALIGNS SERVICES WITH NEED AND ENSURES EARLY
00:15:36 MEANINGFUL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
00:15:40 >> CURRENTLY 75% OF ALL SHELTER IN TRANSITIONAL HOUSING BEDS
00:15:44 ARE CONCENTRATED IN JUST 30 NEIGHBORHOODS OR SORRY IN JUST
00:15:47 EIGHT NEIGHBORHOODS WHILE MORE THAN 1000 UNSHELTERED RESIDENTS
00:15:50 IN THE REMAINING 30 PLUS NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE NO NEARBY
00:15:53 ACCESS TO CARE. >> THAT KIND OF IMBALANCE SENDS
00:15:57 A MESSAGE WHETHER INTENTIONAL OR NOT THAT ONLY A FEW
00:16:00 NEIGHBORHOODS ARE EXPECTED TO SHOULDER THE CITY'S RESPONSE TO
00:16:04 A CITYWIDE CRISIS. >> IT CREATES A DYNAMIC WHERE
00:16:08 NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE THE TENDERLOIN AND SOMA ARE
00:16:09 CARRYING THE WEIGHT WHILE OTHERS ARE LEFT ON THE
00:16:12 SIDELINES. >> THIS ORDINANCE IS ABOUT
00:16:15 ZOOMING OUT, SHIFTING OUR PERSPECTIVE AND ADDRESSING OUR
00:16:19 HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE THROUGH THE LENS OF ONE CITY WHERE
00:16:22 EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD PLAYS A ROLE AND NO COMMUNITY IS LEFT BEHIND
00:16:26 OR ASKED TO DO IT ALONE. >> THIS IS NOT ABOUT DRAWING
00:16:27 LINES BETWEEN NEIGHBORHOODS. >> IT'S ABOUT DRAWING A CIRCLE
00:16:33 THAT BRINGS EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD IN EQUITY ISN'T A ZERO SUM
00:16:38 GAME. WHEN EACH PART OF THE CITY
00:16:42 CONTRIBUTES, THE ENTIRE CITY BECOMES STRONGER, MORE
00:16:46 RESILIENT AND MORE JUST. >> A BUDGET AND FINANCE
00:16:50 COMMITTEE. WE MADE SEVERAL KEY AMENDMENTS
00:16:51 BASED ON FEEDBACK FROM EXPERTS AND PARTNERS TO STRENGTHEN
00:16:53 AND CLARIFY OUR EQUITY FRAMEWORK.
00:16:57 WE CREATED A FIRST OF ITS KIND FAIR SHARE RULE.
00:17:00 NEW CITY FUNDED SHELTERS CAN'T BE PURSUED IN NEIGHBORHOODS
00:17:02 THAT HAVE ALREADY HAVE A HIGHER SHARE OF BEDS THAN THEIR SHARE
00:17:05 OF UNSHELTERED POPULATION. >> UNLESS A WAIVER IS GRANTED
00:17:08 WE WILL ALSO HAVE A 300 FOOT BUFFER BETWEEN NEW SHELTERS TO
00:17:12 AVOID HYPER CLUSTERING AND PRESERVE NEIGHBORHOOD
00:17:15 BALANCE. >> WE HAVE EXPECTATIONS FOR
00:17:18 PROJECTS ALREADY IN THE PIPELINE OR EXEMPTION
00:17:19 EXEMPTIONS FACILITY IS EXPANDING WITHIN EXISTING
00:17:23 FOOTPRINT OR REPLACING CLOSED CLOSED SERVICES IN THE SAME
00:17:26 NEIGHBORHOOD. WE CALL FOR A BIANNUAL EQUITY
00:17:27 ANALYSIS AND REPORTING TO KEEP DECISIONS GROUNDED IN REAL TIME
00:17:32 DATA AND FOR THE FIRST TIME PROVIDE TRANSPARENCY ABOUT
00:17:35 WHERE THE CITY MIGHT BE CONSIDERING SITING SITES.
00:17:39 >> AND WE WROTE A SUNSET DATE FOR 2031 TO ALLOW US TO TEST,
00:17:43 EVALUATE AND ADJUST THIS LEGISLATION OVER TIME.
00:17:47 >> IT'S IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT THIS ORDINANCE IS NOT
00:17:51 ABOUT SHIFTING BURDENS. >> IT'S ABOUT FINALLY BUILDING
00:17:54 A BALANCED SYSTEM THAT SERVES ALL SAN FRANCISCANS AND THE
00:17:58 TENDERLOIN. >> WE HAVE 3500 CHILDREN
00:18:01 AND NOT A SINGLE TOY STORE. >> REVITALIZATION CANNOT HAPPEN
00:18:06 WITHOUT BALANCE. >> WE SEE REAL IMPACTS FROM
00:18:09 THIS COME FROM THIS OVERCONCENTRATION ZONE.
00:18:13 BUT THIS LEGISLATION WILL SEND A MESSAGE THAT WE ARE PUTTING
00:18:17 TRUST BACK INTO THE COMMUNITIES OF COLOR IMMIGRANTS, REFUGEES
00:18:20 THAT HAVE SHOULDER THE BURDEN OF RESPONSIBILITY ON THIS
00:18:22 CHALLENGE. FOR TOO LONG.
00:18:25 AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT REVITALIZATION OF OUR CITY, WE
00:18:26 HAVE TO CONSIDER THE REVITALIZATION OF THESE
00:18:29 NEIGHBORHOODS BECAUSE YOU CANNOT HAVE A DOWNTOWN
00:18:32 REVITALIZATION WITHOUT A TENDERLOIN REVITALIZATION
00:18:33 EITHER. >> LET'S ALSO BE CLEAR THAT
00:18:37 THIS IS A BUDGET DECISION AND A BUDGET REFLECTS OUR VALUES.
00:18:41 >> WE'RE SAYING THAT CITY FUNDS SHOULD FOLLOW UNMET NEED NOT
00:18:45 POLITICAL CONVENIENCE. >> THIS IS HOW WE REBUILD
00:18:49 PUBLIC TRUST, DELIVER PUBLIC OUTCOMES BETTER OUTCOMES
00:18:52 AND TRULY ACT LIKE ONE CITY. >> IN CLOSING, I WANT TO
00:18:56 ACKNOWLEDGE SO MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE LED IN ENSURING
00:19:00 AND COLLABORATING ON THIS LEGISLATION.
00:19:03 FIRST I WANT TO THANK MY LEGISLATIVE DIRECTOR SAM LOGAN
00:19:05 WHO PUT IN HUNDREDS OF HOURS ONTO THIS LEGISLATION AND THOSE
00:19:08 HUNDREDS OF HOURS HAVE RESULTED IN A COLLABORATIVE APPROACH
00:19:12 BRINGING TOGETHER SO MANY DIFFERENT COMMUNITY
00:19:13 STAKEHOLDERS, DEPARTMENTS OFFICES TO COME UP WITH A FIRST
00:19:18 OF ITS KIND FRAMEWORK THAT WE WILL HOPEFULLY PASS TODAY.
00:19:19 >> MY SINCERE THANKS ALSO TO ANNE PIERSON IN THE CITY
00:19:23 ATTORNEY'S OFFICE FOR HER CLEAR ,STEADY GUIDANCE AND DEEP
00:19:26 COMMITMENT TO BOTH THE LEGAL AND COMMUNITY IMPACTS OF THIS
00:19:29 LEGISLATION. >> I'M GRATEFUL TO NICK MINARD
00:19:31 AND CHRISTINA MILLER FROM THE BUDGET AND LEGISLATIVE
00:19:34 ANALYST'S OFFICE WHOSE RIGOROUS ANALYSIS PROVIDED A STRONG
00:19:38 FOUNDATION FOR EQUITABLE DECISION MAKING.
00:19:39 >> DEEP THANKS TO OUR PARTNERS AT THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
00:19:42 HEALTH, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELESSNESS AND SUPPORTIVE
00:19:45 HOUSING ESPECIALLY DYLAN SNYDER AND LEE COHEN, STAFF PATEL
00:19:48 AND CLAIRE ALTMAN FOR THEIR GUIDANCE, FEEDBACK
00:19:50 AND COMMITMENT TO MAKING THIS FRAMEWORK WORKABLE ON THE
00:19:52 GROUND. >> I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE
00:19:54 MANY NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS, SERVICE PROVIDERS AND COMMUNITY
00:19:57 PARTNERS WHO HAVE CARRIED THIS VISION FOR YEARS.
00:20:01 YOUR PERSISTENCE AND HIS INSIGHT AND BELIEF IN A MORE
00:20:05 EQUITABLE CITY HAVE SHAPED EVERY PART OF THIS ORDINANCE.
00:20:09 >> AND FINALLY, I WANT TO THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES
00:20:10 SUPERVISORS WALTON, DORSEY, SAUTER AND MELGAR FOR YOUR
00:20:13 EARLY SUPPORT AND SHARED COMMITMENT TO ENSURING OUR
00:20:16 SYSTEM OF CARE REFLECTS OUR CITYWIDE VALUES.
00:20:17 AND IMPORTANTLY, I WANT TO THANK SUPERVISOR WALTON WHO LED
00:20:21 US AS A BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO UNANIMOUSLY VOTE IN FAVOR OF
00:20:25 GEOGRAPHIC EQUITY EARLIER THIS YEAR.
00:20:28 THIS LEGISLATION WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT HIS EARLY
00:20:31 ADVOCACY AND CHAMPIONSHIP. >> SO TODAY, COLLEAGUES, WE
00:20:33 HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BREAK THAT STATUS QUO TO SAY THAT
00:20:37 GEOGRAPHIC EQUITY COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP AND DATA DRIVEN
00:20:41 PLANNING ARE NOT JUST IDEALS BUT THE NEW STANDARD FOR HOW WE
00:20:44 CARE FOR OUR MOST VULNERABLE. >> THIS ORDINANCE CHARTS A
00:20:48 CLEAR PATH FORWARD ONE THAT DELIVERS SHELTER AND STABILITY
00:20:51 TO THOSE WHO NEED IT MOST. >> BRINGS BALANCE TO
00:20:52 NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE LONG BEEN ASKED TO CARRY TOO MUCH
00:20:56 AND RESTORES TRUST IN OUR CITY'S ABILITY TO LEAD WITH
00:20:59 BOTH COMPASSION AND FAIRNESS. >> I URGE YOUR SUPPORT NOT JUST
00:21:03 FOR THE LEGISLATION BUT FOR A MORE UNITED AND MORE JUST SAN
00:21:08 FRANCISCO. >> THANK YOU.
00:21:08 SUPERVISOR JAN. >> THANK YOU PRESIDENT MENDHAM
00:21:12 AND COLLEAGUES AS I HAVE STATED IN THE COMMITTEE AT THE BUDGET
00:21:15 AND FINANCE COMMITTEE I AGREE WITH SUPERVISOR BELAL MAHMOOD
00:21:19 THAT NEIGHBORHOODS SUCH AS TENDERLOIN AND SODA MARKET HOW
00:21:21 SHOULDER THE BURDEN OF PROVIDING SHELTER AND SERVICES
00:21:23 TO UNHOUSED INDIVIDUALS IN OUR CITY.
00:21:26 THIS HAS RESULTED IN DECADES OF SATURATION OF BLIGHT IN THESE
00:21:30 NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE DATA CONFIRMS THE SATURATION.
00:21:32 THAT'S WHY I HAVE CONTINUED TO SAY I WOULD SUPPORT A
00:21:35 MORATORIUM ON SHELTERS IN CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOODS.
00:21:38 THIS IS A MOMENT OF HUMAN TERRIBLE CRISIS.
00:21:42 OUR CITY NEEDS TO FOCUS ON DELIVERING EQUITABLE SERVICES
00:21:45 FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN NEED. HAVE FLEXIBILITY TO MEET THE
00:21:49 PUBLIC HEALTH TRENDS AND DEMANDS.
00:21:50 BE A DRUG INTERVENTION SHELTER ,HOUSING OR OTHER SERVICES.
00:21:54 BASED ON THE DATA THAT WE NOW HAVE.
00:21:55 WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO UNDERSTAND THE ACTUAL NEEDS OF
00:21:58 AND HOUSE PEOPLE. THEY ARE NOT MONOLITH.
00:22:02 INSTEAD OF SIMPLE PERCENTAGE BY NEIGHBORHOODS WHICH IS WHAT
00:22:06 WE'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW HAS YET TO REALLY DIG DEEP
00:22:09 AND UNDERSTAND. LET'S PROVIDE SOLUTIONS
00:22:10 ACCORDINGLY. HOWEVER, THE LEGISLATION BEFORE
00:22:14 US TODAY DESPITE ITS MANY AMENDMENTS IS BOTH OVERTLY
00:22:17 PRESCRIPTIVE YET NOT PRECISE ENOUGH IN TARGETED SOLUTIONS
00:22:21 AND ONLY SERVES TO FURTHER DIVIDE OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
00:22:24 I WOULD RATHER SUPPORT A SHELTER MORATORIUM AIM FOR
00:22:28 SATURATED NEIGHBORHOODS AS WE CONTINUE TO SOLVE HOMELESSNESS
00:22:32 CITYWIDE. FOR THIS REASON I WOULD NOT BE
00:22:33 VOTING IN SUPPORT OF THIS LEGISLATION TODAY.
00:22:39 SUPERVISOR SAUTER THANK YOU PRESIDENT.
00:22:40 I WANT TO FIRST APPLAUD MY COLLEAGUES ROSE OR MAHMUD FOR
00:22:46 ALL OF THE WORK THAT HE POURED INTO THIS.
00:22:48 I BELIEVE THIS IS AMBITIOUS LEGISLATION.
00:22:51 I BELIEVE IT'S IMPORTANT AND MUCH NEEDED LEGISLATION
00:22:53 AND ALSO TO EXTEND THAT GRATITUDE TOWARDS THE MAYOR'S
00:22:58 OFFICE FOR THEIR ROLE IN COLLABORATING AND SHAPING
00:23:01 THIS AND MANY OF MY OTHER COLLEAGUES AS WELL OF COURSE
00:23:03 YOU KNOW I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS YOU KNOW, AS I THINK ABOUT
00:23:07 THIS LEGISLATION I THINK ABOUT IN MY DISTRICT OUR
00:23:11 NEIGHBORHOODS OF LOWER HILL WHERE I INHERITED A SITUATION
00:23:14 WHERE MORE THAN A HALF DOZEN SITES AND SERVICES HAD BEEN
00:23:18 OPENED IN SHORT ORDER DURING THE PANDEMIC AND THERE HAD BEEN
00:23:22 NO YOU KNOW, NO PAUSE TO THINK ABOUT THAT OR TO COORDINATE
00:23:29 THEIR SUCCESS. AND YOU KNOW, LITERALLY JUST
00:23:30 THIS MORNING WALKING THROUGH THAT NEIGHBORHOOD HAD A COUPLE
00:23:33 THAT CAME UP TO ME AND TALKED TO ME ABOUT THIS LEGISLATION
00:23:37 AND AND SHARED THEIR HOPE AND OPTIMISM, OPTIMISM FOR THIS
00:23:38 LEGISLATION BECAUSE IT WILL REQUIRE US TO BE MORE
00:23:42 THOUGHTFUL ABOUT THIS TO ENSURE THAT WE DO NOT OVER CONCENTRATE
00:23:51 SERVICES IN ONE NEIGHBORHOOD BY MANY MEASURES DISTRICT THREE
00:23:54 HAS A SECOND HIGHEST CONCENTRATION OF SERVICES NOW
00:23:55 LARGELY BECAUSE OF THE LAST FIVE YEARS IN LOWER HILL.
00:23:59 SO I BELIEVE THIS IS AGAIN THOUGHTFUL.
00:24:02 I BELIEVE IT'S NEEDED AND I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS TODAY.
00:24:05 >> SUPERVISOR DORSEY THANK YOU PRESIDENT RANDLEMAN I'D LIKE TO
00:24:10 START BY THANKING SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD FOR INTRODUCING
00:24:14 AND WORKING TO SHAPE THIS LEGISLATION AND ALSO TO
00:24:17 SUPERVISOR WALTON FOR HIS LEADERSHIP AS A CO-SPONSOR.
00:24:20 I'M PROUD TO ALSO JOIN AS A CO-SPONSOR AND I ONLY APOLOGIZE
00:24:24 THAT A LATE COMMITMENT EARLIER PREVENTED ME FROM BEING ON THE
00:24:26 CITY HALL STEPS TO FOR FOR THE EVENT.
00:24:28 FOR TOO LONG OUR DISTRICTS HAVE SHOULDERED A DISPROPORTIONATE
00:24:32 SHARE OF HOMELESS SERVICES IN DISTRICT SIX.
00:24:35 I'VE SEEN FIRSTHAND HOW CONCENTRATING VULNERABLE
00:24:38 POPULATIONS IN JUST A FEW NEIGHBORHOODS CAN EXACERBATE
00:24:43 RATHER THAN SOLVE MANY OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE FACING
00:24:44 OVER SATURATION DOESN'T ONLY STRAINED COMMUNITIES I THINK IT
00:24:48 ALSO ERODES PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR THE VERY SERVICES WE NEED TO
00:24:52 BEST ADDRESS THE CHALLENGES FACING VULNERABLE SAN
00:24:56 FRANCISCANS. I THINK THIS ORDINANCE CREATES
00:24:57 A FRAMEWORK FOR A SMARTER, FAIRER SITE SITING SCHEME AND I
00:25:03 THINK DECISIONS THAT ARE GROUNDED IN DATA TRANSPARENCY
00:25:04 AND EARLY COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WILL SUCCEED BEST.
00:25:07 THESE ARE PRINCIPLES MY CONSTITUENTS HAVE ASKED FOR
00:25:11 AND THEY'RE EMBEDDED IN THIS LEGISLATION.
00:25:12 I WANT TO THANK ESPECIALLY THE MANY DISTRICT SIX RESIDENTS
00:25:15 AND PARTNERS WHO ARE PART OF THIS INCLUDING SOMA WEST
00:25:19 NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND THE SOUTHWEST CBD AMONG
00:25:22 OTHERS WHO HAVE ENGAGED ON THIS ISSUE.
00:25:26 THEIR VOICES HELPS TO SHAPE THIS ORDINANCE AND THAT IS
00:25:30 THANKS IN LARGE PART TO THE WILLINGNESS OF ITS AUTHOR TO
00:25:31 LISTEN TO THOSE VOICES AND I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
00:25:35 SO THANK YOU SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD.
00:25:36 I'M PROUD TO SUPPORT THIS AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP
00:25:39 ON IT. >> SUPERVISOR ONE THANK YOU
00:25:42 PRESIDENT MADAM AND I JUST WANT TO THANK SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD.
00:25:46 SUPERVISORS DORSEY SOUDER AND MELGAR FOR THEIR
00:25:49 CO-SPONSORSHIP IN BRINGING THIS LEGISLATION FORWARD.
00:25:51 I ALSO WANT TO SEND A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO SUPERVISOR MAHMUD
00:25:54 FOR HIS WILLINGNESS TO WORK WITH OTHERS COOPERATIVELY TO
00:26:00 MOVE TOWARDS A SUCCESSFUL AND EQUITABLE WAY TO COMBAT
00:26:03 HOMELESSNESS AND PROVIDE SERVICES FOR OUR UNHOUSED
00:26:07 IN THIS CITY. I DO WANT PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND
00:26:09 THAT THIS LEGISLATION IS NOT AN ANTI SHELTER STRATEGY
00:26:12 IN CERTAIN COMMUNITIES BUT MORE OF A PRO SE SHELTER
00:26:16 AND HOMELESS SERVICES STRATEGY ACROSS THE CITY AND IN AREAS
00:26:20 THAT HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE MORE SUPPORT.
00:26:23 A LOT OF WORK HAS GONE INTO GETTING HERE AND ALTHOUGH I
00:26:27 DON'T FEEL THIS LEGISLATION HAS THE COMPLETE NECESSARY TEETH TO
00:26:31 GUARANTEE THAT WE HAVE EQUITABLE ACCESS THROUGHOUT SAN
00:26:35 FRANCISCO, IT MOST CERTAINLY IS THE FIRST LEGISLATION OF ITS
00:26:39 KIND AND RECOGNIZES THAT SHELTER AND SERVICES FOR OUR
00:26:42 UNHOUSED POPULATION SHOULD BE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY
00:26:47 AND AVAILABLE FOR ALL. IF WE ARE EVER GOING TO TRULY
00:26:51 ADDRESS THE ROOT CAUSES AND THE ISSUES SURROUNDING HOMELESSNESS
00:26:55 IT'S THAT WE MUST ALL WORK IN UNISON.
00:26:56 THIS IS SOMETHING THAT AFFECTS THIS ENTIRE CITY AND WE SHOULD
00:26:59 ADDRESS IT AS SUCH AND ENSURE THAT NO ONE COMMUNITY IS
00:27:03 OVERWHELMINGLY CHARGED WITH PROVIDING SHELTER AND SERVICES
00:27:07 FOR OUR UNHOUSED COMMUNITY. WE ALL PLAY A ROLE IN GETTING
00:27:11 PEOPLE OFF OF OUR STREETS AND INTO SHELTER.
00:27:14 SO I WANT TO THANK AGAIN EVERYONE WHO WORKED ON THIS
00:27:16 AND FOR EVERYONE COMING TOGETHER COLLABORATIVELY
00:27:19 AND PROUD TO CO-SPONSOR THIS LEGISLATION.
00:27:22 >> SUPERVISOR JEN THANK YOU PRESIDENT MANDO MAN.
00:27:26 COLLEAGUES, I THINK WE ALL WANT MEANINGFUL SOLUTION TO
00:27:30 HOMELESSNESS AND OUR COMMUNITY DESERVE A THOUGHTFUL PLANNING,
00:27:34 TRANSPARENT COMMUNICATION, EFFECTIVE STRATEGY, SUPPORTIVE
00:27:38 SERVICES AND HOUSING THAT TRULY HELPS STABILIZE PEOPLE AND PUT
00:27:42 THEM ON A PATH TO SAFER, HEALTHIER AND SUSTAINABLE
00:27:46 HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES. >> FOR MY OWN DISTRICT, EQUITY
00:27:50 MEANS INVESTING IN WRAPAROUND SERVICES AND PERMANENT
00:27:54 AFFORDABLE HOUSING. >> I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A MORE
00:27:58 INVESTMENT IN DEEPLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN DISTRICT 11 AND I
00:28:00 WOULD ALSO WELCOME INTERIM USE AT DOE'S AFFORDABLE HOUSING
00:28:04 SITE THAT ALLOW US TO SERVE UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS
00:28:08 AND HOPEFULLY TRANSITION THEM INTO A PERMANENT HOUSING
00:28:09 SOLUTION IN THE FUTURE. >> THIS ARE THE KIND OF
00:28:13 INVESTMENT DISTRICT 11 NEEDS AND DESERVES AND WE KNOW IT'S
00:28:17 POSSIBLE FOR TWO YEARS PRIOR TO THE GROUNDBREAKING OF KAPUSO AT
00:28:24 THE UPPER YOUNG AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT.
00:28:25 WE HAD A TEMPORARY RV SITE WHERE VIRTUALLY HOUSED IT
00:28:28 NEIGHBORS COULD SAFELY PARK AND LIVE.
00:28:32 >> THIS PROCESS INCLUDED AMPLE COMMUNITY INPUT AND EVENTUALLY
00:28:36 GARNERED SUPPORT FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
00:28:39 >> FOR TOO LONG MY DISTRICT HAS RECEIVED A TOO FEW RESOURCES TO
00:28:43 MEET THE BASIC NEEDS FOR ALL OUR RESIDENTS INCLUDING THE
00:28:47 MOST PRIMARY CITY SERVICES INTENDED TO PROMOTE PUBLIC
00:28:51 SAFETY, PUBLIC HEALTH, CLEAN STREET AND MORE.
00:28:55 I DON'T BELIEVE THIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION AS IT HAS BEEN
00:28:59 AMENDED GETS US TOWARDS THIS GOALS AND TOWARD THE GOALS OF
00:29:03 GEOGRAPHIC EQUITY PLACING A SHELTER IN EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD
00:29:06 WITHOUT INTENTIONAL COMMUNITY INPUT WON'T ADDRESS ROOT CAUSES
00:29:10 OF HOUSING UNAFFORDABILITY, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ISSUES
00:29:11 AND MORE. >> FURTHER, I FEAR THAT IT PITS
00:29:15 COURT SERVICES AGAINST NEIGHBORHOOD AGAINST CITY
00:29:18 AGENCIES AS WELL. THUS I WON'T BE SUPPORTIVE OF
00:29:22 THIS LEGISLATION TODAY. WHY?
00:29:23 I STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT IN GEOGRAPHIC EQUITY OF
00:29:27 SERVICES. >> I ALSO BELIEVE OUR FOCUS
00:29:31 SHOULD BE ON PROVIDING PERMANENT SOLUTION THAT ADDRESS
00:29:33 THE ROOT CAUSES OF HOUSING INSECURITY INCLUDING
00:29:36 SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT INTO PREVENTABLE SOLUTION
00:29:39 AND EXPERTISE DEVELOPING DEEPLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
00:29:43 AND I HOPE THAT I CAN WORK WITH MY COLLEAGUES ON THE BOARD
00:29:47 AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS KIND OF
00:29:48 INVESTMENT IN THE CITY. THANK YOU.
00:29:51 >> SUPERVISOR MELGAR. THANK YOU PRESIDENT.
00:29:55 I WILL START BY SAYING THANK YOU SUPERVISOR MAHMUD FOR THE
00:29:59 AMOUNT OF WORK THAT WENT INTO THIS ORDINANCE AND TO OUR
00:30:03 COLLEAGUES WHO ARE CO-SPONSORS. I AM THE SUPERVISOR FOR ONE OF
00:30:10 THE WEST SIDE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAS SEEN NO SERVICES
00:30:15 SHELTERS, TRANSITIONAL HOUSING OR BEHAVIORAL RESIDENTIAL
00:30:19 SERVICES. REALLY, HOWEVER, WITH THE
00:30:23 EXCEPTION OF LAGUNA HONDA WHERE WE HAVE SEEN SOME OF THE
00:30:27 ACTIVITIES AT BE AT RISK. AND SO I WILL SAY THAT AT
00:30:33 WHEREAS I AGREE THAT COMMUNITY INPUT IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
00:30:37 IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT SOME COMMUNITY
00:30:42 EES DO NOT WANT TO HAVE SERVICES ANYWHERE NEAR THE
00:30:46 COMMUNITY. AND THAT'S A PROBLEM BECAUSE
00:30:50 FOLKS ARE HOMELESS IN EVERY SINGLE DISTRICT IN SAN
00:30:53 FRANCISCO ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO.
00:30:57 ANOTHER COLLEAGUE WHO IS NOW IN THE ASSEMBLY INTRODUCED
00:31:00 LEGISLATION THAT WOULD HAVE DONE SOMETHING SIMILAR.
00:31:03 >> HOWEVER, HE CHOSE TO HAVE A VERY SPECIFIC TOOL
00:31:07 AND NAVIGATION CENTER SITED IN EVERY DISTRICT.
00:31:12 I THINK THIS LEGISLATION IS MUCH MORE FLEXIBLE THAN THAT.
00:31:16 IT ACKNOWLEDGES THAT EVERY POPULATION AND EVERY GEOGRAPHY
00:31:19 HAS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT NEEDS AND ONE TOOL IS NOT NECESSARILY
00:31:23 THE APPROPRIATE ONE EVERYWHERE .
00:31:27 SO I HAVE SEEN IN MY DISTRICT A GREAT INCREASE OF FOLKS
00:31:31 EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. A LOT OF IT IS DUE TO THE
00:31:35 ACTIVITIES DOWNTOWN IN THE TENDERLOIN IN SOMA WHERE A
00:31:42 POLICE PRESENCE HAS SHIFTED PEOPLE TO GO TO OTHER PLACES.
00:31:46 AND WHAT HAS HAPPENED IS THAT THOSE PLACES WHERE FOLKS FEEL
00:31:50 LIKE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE LEFT ALONE HAVE NO SERVICES, THERE'S
00:31:54 NO OPPORTUNITY TO SUPPORT MENTAL HEALTH, TO SUPPORT
00:31:58 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, TO SUPPORT DRUG ADDICTION, ALL OF THOSE
00:32:02 THINGS THAT WE KNOW ARE NECESSARY TO GET PEOPLE TO
00:32:06 SUCCESS. SO I I'M GLAD WE'RE EVEN HAVING
00:32:10 THIS CONVERSATION BECAUSE PRIOR TO THIS IT WASN'T EVEN AN
00:32:14 ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE IS A LACK OF EQUITY BOTH
00:32:18 IN COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE TAKEN MORE THAN THEIR FAIR SHARE BUT
00:32:22 AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT SOME COMMUNITIES HAVE NO SUPPORT
00:32:25 AND HAVE A REALLY BIG PROBLEM LIKE MINE.
00:32:29 AND I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO THE DAY WHERE WE HAVE HOT TEAMS.
00:32:33 WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, SHELTER BEDS .
00:32:37 WE HAVE PLACES WHERE PEOPLE CAN GO AND GET BETTER, BE OFF THE
00:32:40 STREETS AND HAVE A PATH TOWARD SUCCESS.
00:32:41 SO I VERY MUCH WELCOME THIS. I'M PROUD TO BE A CO-SPONSOR
00:32:46 AND THANK YOU SUPERVISOR OBAMA. >> THANK YOU.
00:32:49 SUPERVISOR MELGAR. >> FOR MYSELF I WANT TO THANK
00:32:56 SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS LEGISLATION.
00:33:00 >> I WAS PROBABLY ONE OF THE HARDER VOTES TO GET AND I
00:33:04 APPRECIATE YOUR WILLINGNESS TO ENGAGE WITH ME.
00:33:07 I OWN MY TIME ON THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
00:33:09 I HAVE BECOME CONCERNED THAT OF COURSE AS I WOULD AGREE WITH
00:33:15 SUPERVISOR MELGAR AND A NUMBER OF YOU THAT THAT WE NEED PLACES
00:33:19 WE NEED PLACES FOR PEOPLE TO COME IN TO OFF THE STREETS
00:33:23 AND THAT WAS THE MOTIVATOR FOR MY PUSH FOR PLACE FOR ALL
00:33:27 AND SHELTER FOR ALL. I'VE ALSO SEEN THE IMPACTS THAT
00:33:31 PLACES BADLY DONE OR OVERLY CONCENTRATED CAN HAVE ON
00:33:36 PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOODS AND I THINK IT IS NOT UNREASONABLE
00:33:39 FOR NEIGHBORHOODS IN SAN FRANCISCO TO SEE WHAT HAS
00:33:43 HAPPENED IN SOME NEIGHBORHOODS AND SAY UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES
00:33:46 HERE. AND SO I THINK THE THE
00:33:50 PROPOSALS THE LEGISLATION HAS I THINK GENERATED CONCERN FROM
00:33:57 FOLKS WHO ARE AFRAID OF THAT. I APPRECIATE YOUR WILLINGNESS
00:33:59 AGAIN TO ENGAGE THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, TO ENGAGE WITH
00:34:02 COLLEAGUES, TO ENGAGE WITH ME AND I THINK THAT THIS IS A
00:34:05 GEOGRAPHIC EQUITY RESOLUTION THAT I THAT I CAN SUPPORT.
00:34:10 I'M HAPPY TO VOTE FOR IT. I THINK THE CONVERSATION
00:34:13 CONTINUES BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE I MEAN WHAT I AM SURE OF IS
00:34:17 THAT WE DON'T WANT TO SEE SHELTERS DOTTING THE LAND
00:34:21 AND CREATING THE IMPACTS IN ALL OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS OF SAN
00:34:25 FRANCISCO IN THE WAY THAT THEY HAVE IMPACTED A FEW.
00:34:27 THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS LEGISLATION DOES.
00:34:29 I SUPPORT THIS LEGISLATION AND I WANT TO THANK SUPERVISOR
00:34:33 MAHMOOD FOR FOR THE EXTENSIVE WORK AND OUTREACH
00:34:37 AND WILLINGNESS TO BE FLEXIBLE. I'M A MUCH MORE STUBBORN
00:34:41 PERSON. I APPRECIATE I APPRECIATE YOUR
00:34:42 FLEXIBILITY. WITH THAT, MADAM CLERK, COULD
00:34:45 YOU CALL THE ROLL ON ITEM 31 AND ITEM 31 SUPERVISOR
00:34:54 AND GUARDIAN AND GUARDIAN EYES SUPERVISOR FIELDER FIELDER I
00:34:58 SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD MAHMOOD I SUPERVISOR RANDLEMAN HI
00:35:02 MENDELSON I SUPERVISOR MELGAR MELGAR I SUPERVISOR SADR SADR I
00:35:09 SUPERVISOR CHERYL CHERYL I SUPERVISOR WALTON HIGH WALTON I
00:35:14 SUPERVISOR CHIN CHIN NO SUPERVISOR CHIN CHIN NO.
00:35:17 AND SUPERVISOR DORSEY DORSEY I THERE ARE NINE EYES AND TWO
00:35:23 NOSE WITH SUPERVISORS CHIN AND CHIN VOTING NO.
00:35:27 >> THE ORDINANCE IS PASSED ON FIRST READING MADAM CLERK LET'S
00:35:34 GO TO OUR 230 SPECIAL ORDER YES THE 230 SPECIAL ORDER IS THE
00:35:37 RECOGNITION OF COMMENDATIONS FOR MERITORIOUS SERVICE TO THE
00:35:41 CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO.
00:35:45 GOT A LOT OF FOLKS HERE TODAY AND I THINK WE GOT AT LEAST ONE
00:35:48 OF THEM WITH A FLIGHT TO CATCH. AND SO SUPERVISORS SORTER
00:35:52 DISTRICT THREE, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE YOU OUT OF ORDER.
00:35:53 >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT AND COLLEAGUES TODAY I HAVE THE
00:35:57 HONOR OF RECOGNIZING THE CONSUL GENERAL OF ITALY, SERGIO
00:36:01 STROZZI. >> SERGIO, WOULD YOU PLEASE
00:36:04 JOIN US? >> SERGIO HAS SERVED IN THIS
00:36:13 ROLE SINCE 2021 AND WE ARE HONORING HIM TODAY JUST THAT
00:36:17 OURS IS A DAYS JUST HOURS BEFORE HIS FLIGHT TO ROME FOR A
00:36:22 NEW POST, SERGIO CAME INTO THIS ROLE AS OUR CITY WAS REELING
00:36:28 FROM THE PANDEMIC AND YET DESPITE THAT HE GOT TO WORK
00:36:32 RIGHT AWAY DOING THE EVERYDAY ROUTINE WORK OF VISAS
00:36:36 AND PASSPORTS BUT ALSO PURSUING AMBITIOUS NEW PROGRAMS TO BRING
00:36:41 OUR COMMUNITIES AND COUNTRIES TOGETHER THROUGH SHARED
00:36:44 INVESTMENTS IN TRADE, TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE.
00:36:47 IN ONE EXAMPLE HIS LEADERSHIP TO ESTABLISH THE INNOVATE
00:36:51 PROGRAM MEANS THAT HUNDREDS OF ITALIAN ENTREPRENEURS
00:36:53 AND CREATIVES ARE NOW EMBEDDED WITH THE BRIGHTEST MINDS
00:36:56 IN SILICON VALLEY AND WORKING WITH COMPANIES LIKE SALESFORCE,
00:37:00 APPLE AND GOOGLE. >> SERGIO ALSO TOOK EVERY
00:37:04 OPPORTUNITY POSSIBLE TO BE A CHAMPION FOR THE RICH ITALIAN
00:37:08 AMERICAN HERITAGE OF SAN FRANCISCO ESPECIALLY
00:37:10 IN DISTRICT THREE NORTH BEACH. JUST LAST WEEK WE STOOD
00:37:12 ALONGSIDE EACH OTHER IN UNVEILING A NEW PLAQUE FOR
00:37:14 AP GIANNINI AT WASHINGTON SQUARE PARK, WHICH IS PART OF
00:37:18 THE BROADER LITTLE ITALY HONOR WALK.
00:37:21 WE WERE LUCKY TO HAVE CONSUL STROZZI BASED IN SAN FRANCISCO
00:37:25 BUT HIS WORK STRETCHED FURTHER. HE COVERED WESTERN STATES
00:37:27 INCLUDING WASHINGTON, OREGON, UTAH, IDAHO, MONTANA, HAWAII
00:37:33 AND ALASKA. AND IT WAS NOT JUST SERGIO THAT
00:37:37 OUR ITALIAN COMMUNITIES EMBRACED BUT ALSO HIS
00:37:38 DELIGHTFUL FAMILY HIS PARTNER SIMONE AND HIS DAUGHTER
00:37:42 KATERINA. THEY DID ALL OF THIS TOGETHER
00:37:45 AS A TEAM. I KNOW THAT HE HAS MADE A
00:37:48 PROFOUND IMPACT ON EVERYONE HE INTERACTED WITH MAY HAVE BEEN
00:37:52 IN SHARP DRESS HIS FINE BEARD BUT MOST OF ALL I THINK IT WAS
00:37:56 HIS WARMTH THAT TOUCHED PEOPLE IN A SHARED UNDERSTANDING A
00:37:59 SHARED HUMANITY FROM COUNTRY TO COUNTRY AND OPTIMISM THAT OUR
00:38:03 BEST DAYS ARE AHEAD OF US BUT CAN BE REACHED ONLY THROUGH
00:38:07 MUTUAL PARTNERSHIP. SERGIO PLEASE DON'T BE A
00:38:10 STRANGER TO SAN FRANCISCO. YOU WILL ALWAYS HAVE A HOME
00:38:14 AND A PLACE HERE AND NOW IF YOU WISH THE FLOOR IS YOURS TO SAY
00:38:18 A FEW WORDS. BUT FIRST NO, NO, NO YOU CAN
00:38:25 LISTEN TO MORE SUPERVISORS SAY NICE THINGS ABOUT YOU GENERAL
00:38:29 OH CHEN SORRY NOT CHEN SUPERVISOR CHEN THANK YOU,
00:38:33 PRESIDENT CONSUL GENERAL SERGIO IT WAS GREAT MEETING YOU AT
00:38:37 ISLAND DISTRICT 11 TO CELEBRATE CHEN OF THE ITALIAN CLUB.
00:38:43 >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR FRIENDSHIP.
00:38:44 THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICES AND I WISH YOU THE BEST JOURNEY
00:38:47 BACK HOME. AND YOU HAVE SAN FRANCISCO AS
00:38:51 YOUR HOME TO WELCOME TO VISIT US ANY.
00:38:52 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH AND I AM JUST
00:38:55 GOING TO JUMP IN THE QUEUE MYSELF TO SAY I'M VERY UNHAPPY.
00:38:59 I'M NOT EXCITED YOU CANNOT LEAVE.
00:39:03 THIS IS THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. I HAVE ENJOYED GETTING TO KNOW
00:39:07 YOU AND YOUR HUSBAND AND YOUR FAMILY AND I THINK AND MATTEO
00:39:14 AS WELL. >> THE NEWBORN DESERVES A
00:39:15 LITTLE CALL OUT AND YOU'VE YOU'VE JUST BEEN WONDERFUL FOR
00:39:18 SAN FRANCISCO AND IT'S BEEN WONDERFUL TO HAVE YOU HERE
00:39:22 AND I'M GOING TO MISS YOU. >> THANK YOU.
00:39:25 THANK YOU, PRESIDENT BOTH IT'S A PROVIDES I FEEL PRIVILEGED,
00:39:29 HUMBLE AND MORE THAN HONORED TO BE HERE WITH YOU TODAY.
00:39:37 IT'S ACTUALLY YOU'RE RIGHT, SUPERVISOR SUTTER, IT'S I'M
00:39:38 GOING TO FLY ON THURSDAY. I CAN'T BELIEVE IT.
00:39:41 I'M TELLING YOU BECAUSE I'VE BEEN ROOTING SO MUCH IN SAN
00:39:44 FRANCISCO. I'M TALKING TO PEOPLE THAT
00:39:48 DON'T KNOW ME BUT I RIDE IN 2022 WITH MY FAMILY IN 2021.
00:39:55 WE'RE VERY FAMILY AND WE BUILD UP A LOT OF THINGS THAT
00:39:58 SUPERVISORS SO THAT YOU SUMMED IT UP SO WELL I'M NOT GOING TO
00:40:00 BOTHER YOU WITH DETAILS BUT YEAH, THE MAIN GOAL WAS TO
00:40:03 BRIDGE MORE SAN FRANCISCO AND ITALY WHICH IS A LITERARY
00:40:07 NIGHTMARE BECAUSE SAN FRANCISCO AND ITALY IS SOMETHING WHICH IS
00:40:10 NATURAL TO BE A BRIDGE BETWEEN THE TWO PLACES.
00:40:16 >> LET ME REMIND THE WORDS OF MARIO DANIEL DURING THE ITALIAN
00:40:21 NATIONAL DAY RECEPTION IT SAYS SAN FRANCISCO SIMPLY WOULD SAN
00:40:24 FRANCISCO WITHOUT THE ITALIAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY.
00:40:29 OUR IMMIGRANTS CAME HERE LATE 19TH CENTURY POOR FAMILIES,
00:40:32 POOR WORKERS, HARD WORKERS AND THEY BUILT UP THEIR WAY
00:40:36 AND THEIR LIFE WITH THEIR FAMILIES THROUGH THE DECADES.
00:40:40 AND I FEEL HONORED TO HAVE REPRESENTED THIS COMMUNITY BUT
00:40:44 ALSO TO HAVE BROUGHT TO SAN FRANCISCO SOME ITALIAN
00:40:48 INNOVATION AND TECH COMMUNITY WHAT THE INNOVATE THE ITALIAN
00:40:52 INNOVATION HUB IN JACKSON SQUARE IS NOT A SHORT TERM
00:40:56 PROJECT. IT'S A LONG TERM PROJECT TO
00:40:59 BRIDGE COMPANIES IN SAN FRANCISCO AND ITALY, ITALIAN
00:41:03 COMPANIES IN THE FIELD OF INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY.
00:41:04 SO WHAT WE'VE DONE HERE IN THE PAST YEARS WAS EXACTLY TO
00:41:11 BRIDGE IN THE LONG TERM THE COMMUNITIES THE ITALIAN BUT
00:41:14 ALSO THE OTHER COMMUNITIES OF SAN FRANCISCO SO VIBRANT ONES,
00:41:18 SO LIVELY ONES AND ITALY THE ITALIANS THAT LIVE IN THE
00:41:22 COUNTRY LET ME REMIND THE SAN FRANCISCO, ITALY THE WALK HAS
00:41:27 BEEN A MILESTONE IN OUR DURING OUR TENURE HONORING THE
00:41:29 GREATEST ITALIAN FIGURES AND THE ITALIAN AMERICAN THAT
00:41:33 CONTRIBUTED TO MAKE SAN FRANCISCO THE GREAT CITIES
00:41:37 INNOVATE ON THE TAX SIDE AND ALSO LET ME THANK YOU
00:41:42 SUPERVISOR FOR THE GREAT COLLABORATION WE HAD.
00:41:46 I HAVE TO THANK YOU IN PERSON BECAUSE I WAS NOT HERE THAT
00:41:50 TIME WHEN YOU TOOK THE DECISION ABOUT THE SAN FRANCISCO
00:41:53 APPROVING THE SAN FRANCISCO LITERALLY OUR WALK SO THANK YOU
00:41:56 VERY MUCH FOR APPROVING THAT IT'S BEEN AN HONOR AND I'VE
00:42:00 BEEN WORKING AND COLLABORATING WITH PRESIDENT MANDAN MANNER
00:42:04 WITH YOU SUPERVISOR SOTO WITH SUPERVISOR CHANG.
00:42:07 IT'S BEEN REALLY UNBELIEVABLE JOURNEY FOR ME TO BE HERE WITH
00:42:13 THE MISSION SAN FRANCISCO BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT I'LL BE
00:42:16 BACK TO THE MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS BEING A DIPLOMAT
00:42:20 AND NOT A POLITICAL ONE SO I'M GOING CROSS POLITICAL COLORS
00:42:23 LET'S SAY, WHICH MAKES THINGS A LITTLE BIT EASIER FOR ME TO
00:42:25 HANDLE AND I'LL BE HEADING AS WELL TODAY I HAD THE OFFICE FOR
00:42:31 INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY STARTUP SO NOTHING CLOSER TO SAN
00:42:34 FRANCISCO AND TO THE VIBRANT PLACE THAT SAN FRANCISCO IS.
00:42:36 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME HERE IN THIS FOR YEARS AND FOR
00:42:40 MAKING MY LIFE SO HAPPY AND MY FAMILY'S LIFE SO HAPPY.
00:42:43 GET OUT AND SUPERVISOR SO I'D BE HANDING OVER TO YOU A LITTLE
00:42:53 MEMORY I WOULD LIKE TO LEAVE TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISOR TO
00:42:57 PRESIDENT MANUEL MAN AND TO YOU PERSONALLY AS SUPERVISOR OF
00:43:02 THESE TWO THREE WHICH IS THE REMODELING OF THE CONSULATE
00:43:03 BECAUSE WE ALSO TOOK CARE OF THE BUILDING WHICH IS HERE
00:43:06 IN SAN FRANCISCO. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH AGAIN.
00:43:09 THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR AND I
00:43:16 HAVE THIS FOR TWO DAYS AND THEN GIVE YES WHAT DID YOU THINK
00:43:33 ABOUT DISTRICT FOR SUPERVISOR ORANGE ENGARDIO GOOD AFTERNOON
00:43:49 COLLEAGUES I WANT TO RECOGNIZE 30 OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PEOPLE
00:43:52 AT CITY HALL OUR CUSTODIANS WE COULD NOT DO OUR WORK WITHOUT
00:43:57 THEM. THE PUBLIC WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO
00:44:06 USE THIS SPACE WITHOUT THEM FROM PASSIONATE PUBLIC COMMENT
00:44:10 IN THE BOARD CHAMBERS TO PASSIONATE WEDDINGS UNDER THE
00:44:11 DOME OUR CUSTODIANS MAKE SURE IT ALL HAPPENS IN A CLEAN
00:44:14 AND WELCOMING SPACE FOR EVERYONE AND THE HARDEST WORK
00:44:18 OF ALL IS KEEPING OUR OFFICES CLEAN EACH PACKED WITH FOUR
00:44:22 STAFFERS, COUNTLESS INTERNS AND A SUPERVISOR WHERE LONG
00:44:25 DAYS MEANS LOTS OF SNACKS AND TAKEOUT CONTAINERS TO CLEAN
00:44:29 UP THE WORK OF A SUPERVISOR AND THEIR STAFF MIGHT MAKE
00:44:30 HEADLINES BUT WE MUST ACKNOWLEDGE THE ROLE OUR
00:44:33 CUSTODIANS PLAY IN MANAGING THE SPACE WHERE THE LEGISLATION
00:44:37 HAPPENS AND WHEN PEOPLE ENTER CITY HALL THEIR FIRST
00:44:41 IMPRESSION IS NOT ABOUT US SUPERVISORS.
00:44:45 IT'S ABOUT HOW BEAUTIFUL AND MAJESTIC THE BUILDING LOOKS
00:44:48 . >> VISITORS APPRECIATE THE
00:44:49 POLISHED FLOORS, THE ORDERLY HALLWAYS AND THE QUIET DIGNITY
00:44:53 OF THIS SPACE. THAT FEELING DOES NOT HAPPEN BY
00:44:56 COINCIDENCE. IT'S THE RESULT OF THE
00:44:57 CONSISTENT DEDICATED WORK OF OUR CUSTODIANS.
00:45:00 THEY ARE AN ESSENTIAL PART OF OUR PUBLIC SERVICE HELPING US
00:45:04 DO OUR JOBS EVERY DAY. THAT'S WHY I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT
00:45:05 RECOGNIZE AND APPRECIATE THESE AMAZING CITY STAFF.
00:45:09 MANY OF THEM ARE PART OF OUR STRONG IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY
00:45:13 IN SAN FRANCISCO A COMMUNITY CONSID RECENTLY UNDER FIRE BY
00:45:16 OUR FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION. NOT ONLY SHOULD WE ACKNOWLEDGE
00:45:20 THEIR HARD WORK AND THE VALUE THEY BRING TO THIS BUILDING BUT
00:45:21 WE SHOULD ALSO CELEBRATE THE RICHNESS THEY BRING TO OUR CITY
00:45:25 AND NATION ON BEHALF OF OUR CITY HALL CUSTODIANS I WOULD
00:45:28 LIKE TO INVITE AUSTIN WANG TO SAY A FEW WORDS.
00:45:32 NOW I KNOW AUSTIN WELL. I SEE YOU OFTEN CLEANS OUR
00:45:36 OFFICE WHEN I'M WORKING LATE. HE'S A VERY WISE AND I ENJOY
00:45:39 TALKING TO HIM AND LISTENING TO HIM AND LEARNING FROM HIM.
00:45:43 AUSTIN CAME TO THE UNITED STATES FROM CHINA 14 YEARS AGO.
00:45:46 HE WORKED FOR THE CITY THE PAST EIGHT YEARS FIRST IN THE PUBLIC
00:45:49 LIBRARY AND THEN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND WE ARE LUCKY TO
00:45:52 HAVE AUSTIN AND ALL HIS COLLEAGUES HERE AT CITY HALL.
00:45:56 >> AUSTIN IF YOU ARE HERE THE FLOOR IS YOURS.
00:45:57 COME ON BOSTON YET? NO, HOLD ON AUSTIN YOU HAVE TO
00:46:03 WAIT BECAUSE SUPERVISOR MELGAR HAS SOME THINGS TO SAY.
00:46:07 I THINK WE ALL HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY.
00:46:08 THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR CARDILLO. THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS.
00:46:12 THIS IS A REALLY GREAT COMMENDATION AND THANK YOU TO
00:46:15 THE STAFF THAT DOES THIS AMAZING WORK HERE IN THIS
00:46:19 AMAZING BUILDING. I OF COURSE WANTED TO GIVE A
00:46:23 SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO AUSTIN. >> I HAVE REALLY ENJOYED
00:46:27 GETTING TO KNOW YOU. I ENJOYED MEETING YOUR PARENTS.
00:46:30 I ENJOYED THE GOSSIP IN THE LATE NIGHT COMMENTS WHENEVER
00:46:34 YOU ARE HERE AND WE'RE HERE AND I SO APPRECIATE THAT YOU
00:46:38 NOTICED EVERYTHING. SO FOR THE REST OF YOU THIS IS
00:46:43 A WAITING BEHAVIOR IS BECAUSE AUSTIN NOTICES EVERYTHING BUT
00:46:47 ALSO YOUR ATTENTION TO DETAIL AND YOUR STRONG SUPPORT FOR
00:46:54 EVERYTHING WE'RE TRYING TO DO. HERE IT GOES.
00:46:55 I JUST I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU. I REALLY APPRECIATE THE STAFF
00:47:01 AND YOU KNOW, SEEING YOU CARRY OUT YOUR WORK EVERY DAY MAKES
00:47:04 IT POSSIBLE FOR EVERYONE TO BE HERE AND ENGAGE IN DEMOCRACY.
00:47:08 >> SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO.
00:47:12 >> SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD AUSTIN I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU
00:47:16 AND SAY A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT PEOPLE MAY NOT KNOW BUT BECAUSE
00:47:19 YOU'RE SUCH A FABRIC OF OUR CITY HALL MANY OF MY STAFF HAVE
00:47:24 GOTTEN TO KNOW YOU REALLY WELL WHEN APPARENTLY BEEN PUTTING
00:47:27 THEM TO WORK PRETTY LATE AT NIGHT.
00:47:30 THEY'VE NOTED HOW MUCH YOU TALK ABOUT YOUR CHILDREN AND HOW
00:47:34 MUCH YOU LOVE THEM. YOU'RE APPARENTLY LEARNING
00:47:38 SPANISH AND I DON'T KNOW ANY SPANISH.
00:47:42 I CAN'T EVEN PRACTICE RIGHT NOW WITH YOU BUT UM BUT ALSO JUST
00:47:45 LIKE YOU OFFER SNACKS AND SUPPORT TO OUR TEAM EVERY
00:47:49 DAY THAT THEY'RE WORKING LATE AND I THINK IT JUST SPEAKS TO
00:47:53 THE COMMUNITY WE HAVE HERE AND YOU ARE PART OF THAT
00:47:57 COMMUNITY AND IT MEANS SO MUCH. AND LASTLY MY STAFF WANTED TO
00:48:01 REALLY THANK YOU FOR BRINGING PEACE OF MIND TO THEIR TO OUR
00:48:05 OFFICE AND HELPING THEM FIND THINGS THAT THEY PROBABLY
00:48:08 SHOULD NOT HAVE LOST. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH AUSTIN
00:48:12 SUPERVISOR JAN THANK YOU AND THANK YOU AUSTIN AND AUSTIN
00:48:16 IT'S A GREAT KARAOKE SINGER AND TRULY IS A GREAT FATHER
00:48:23 AND AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE AUSTIN WHO ALWAYS BEEN VERY
00:48:27 CARING BUT REALLY ALSO THANKS TO ALL THE CITY HALL JANITOR
00:48:31 TEAM DOCTOR SALLY SANG AT BOARD 8 OR 10 WE'RE JUST SO
00:48:34 APPRECIATIVE OF YOU. >> YOU WORK HARD.
00:48:38 YOU WEREN'T LATE. YOU WERE EARLY AND CLEAN AFTER
00:48:41 US BUT ALSO THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND YET YOU'RE ALWAYS THERE
00:48:45 AND WE JUST VERY GRATEFUL. >> THANK YOU THAT DESIGN
00:48:49 SUPERVISOR IS THERE CHEN THANK YOU PRESENT MANAGEMENT AUSTIN
00:48:56 THANK YOU. I THINK I'M NOT GOING TO REPEAT
00:48:58 WHAT MY COLLEAGUE HAVE SAID BUT I ALSO ENJOYED IT ALL THE
00:49:01 CHATTING WITH YOU THAT RELATED TO OUR COMMUNITY WHAT IS OUR
00:49:05 NEEDS AND AND YOUR FEEDBACK AND YOUR YOUR ADVICE AS WELL
00:49:09 THIS IS LIKE WHAT PROBLEM YOU SEE I ENJOY ALL THOSE CHATTING
00:49:13 BUT ON TOP OF THAT I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE CITY STAFF
00:49:19 WHO ARE KEEPING OUR OUR CITY HALL CLEAN AND I TRULY
00:49:24 APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICES. >> OH WITHOUT DELAY THEY MAY I
00:49:28 CAN THOUGH LADY OTHERWISE I'M GOING TO WHAT'D I DO FOR LIKE
00:49:29 I'M CANCELING THE LAW? WELL, IF I'M GOING THE WHOLE
00:49:33 HOUSE I'M WHO DOES L.A. THEY HELP ME FOR BODILY DAY
00:49:35 SUPERVISOR WALTON THANK YOU, PRESIDENT MOUNTAIN MAN AND I
00:49:39 WON'T BELABOR THE POINT ABOUT YOUR AMAZING WORK BUT I DO JUST
00:49:43 WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATE AND THANK YOU AND YOUR ENTIRE
00:49:47 TEAM FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO EVERY DAY.
00:49:50 AND I WANT TO THANK YOU SUPERVISOR AND GUARDIAN FOR
00:49:51 HONORING AUSTIN AND HIS TEAM THIS AFTERNOON.
00:49:54 I WOULD JUST SAY LIKE I DON'T KNOW BUT YOU HAVE THE UNCANNY
00:49:58 ABILITY TO KNOW WHAT NOT TO THROW AWAY AND I DON'T KNOW HOW
00:50:05 YOU DO THAT BUT I DEFINITELY APPRECIATE YOU AND YOUR TEAM
00:50:09 FOR THAT. >> CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK
00:50:10 YOU SUPERVISOR FIELDER YES. >> THANKS AGAIN, REZA
00:50:14 AND ENGARDIO FOR FOR RECOGNIZING THE WHOLE STAFF.
00:50:17 THANK YOU, AUSTIN. IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE TO GET TO
00:50:21 KNOW YOU. I KNOW MY STAFF APPRECIATES YOU
00:50:24 . >> IT'S ALWAYS NICE TO SEE A
00:50:25 FRIENDLY FACE AFTER HOURS. >> SO THANK YOU SO MUCH AND I
00:50:32 WILL FINISH JUST BY THANKING AGAIN SUPERVISOR AND GARDENER.
00:50:36 THIS WAS A VERY GOOD IDEA AND AND TO AUSTIN TO ALL THE
00:50:40 STAFF THANK YOU AND AUSTIN IN PARTICULAR YOU ARE BELOVED
00:50:46 EVERYONE IS JUST DELIGHTED TO SEE YOU COMING DOWN THE HALLWAY
00:50:50 OR COMING INTO OUR OFFICES AND I KNOW A LOT OF FOLKS ENJOY
00:50:51 CHATTING WITH YOU ABOUT WHATEVER SO SO THANK YOU
00:50:56 AND CONGRATULATIONS. >> AND NOW FINALLY YOU CAN
00:51:00 SPEAK ALL RIGHT. OH, GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.
00:51:10 >> MY NAME IS AUSTIN. IT IS GREAT HONORS FOR ME TO
00:51:14 STAND HERE TODAY AND ACCEPT THIS AWARD.
00:51:17 I AM TRULY GRATEFUL AND DEEPLY MOVED.
00:51:20 THESE RECOGNITIONS IS NOT ONLY A PERSONAL HONOR BUT ALSO AN
00:51:24 AFFIRMATION OF OUR EFFORTS AND DEDICATION.
00:51:31 THIS HONORS A CERTAIN BUT IT IS ALSO A RESPONSIBILITY IN THE
00:51:39 FUTURE I WILL CONTINUE TO WORK HARD IN MY WORK WITH MORE
00:51:46 AND FORESEE US AND I'M FIRMER FAITH AND STRIVE TO CONTRIBUTE
00:51:54 MORE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR CITY AT THE SAME TIME WE WOULD
00:52:01 ALSO LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR THEIR COOPERATION AND SUPPORT
00:52:04 OF OUR SUPERVISORS AND SUPERVISORS OFFICES.
00:52:08 >> FINALLY, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR AFFIRMATIONS OF OUR WORK.
00:52:13 WE WILL DEFINITELY CHERISHED TO HONOR AND CONTINUE TO WORK
00:52:17 HARDER. >> I THANK YOU SO MUCH
00:52:51 . HE IS PHENOMENAL MAN DISTRICT
00:53:16 FIVE SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD. COLLEAGUES TODAY IT IS MY HONOR
00:53:21 TO RECOGNIZE DIANE LIM, AN EXTRAORDINARY JOURNALIST,
00:53:25 STORYTELLER AND FIERCE ADVOCATE WHOSE WORK HAS LEFT AN
00:53:29 INDELIBLE MARK ON OUR CITY AND BEYOND.
00:53:33 >> WHEN I COME TO THE STAGE I HOLD ON AFTER NEARLY EIGHT
00:53:44 IMPACTFUL YEARS AS AN ANCHOR AND REPORTER WITH ABC7 HERE
00:53:48 IN SAN FRANCISCO, DIANE IS CONCLUDING THIS REMARKABLE
00:53:52 CHAPTER OF HER CAREER. >> HER REPORTING DURING SOME OF
00:53:56 OUR CITY'S MOST CHALLENGING MOMENTS ESPECIALLY HER
00:53:59 COURAGEOUS FRONTLINE COVERAGE OF ANTI-ASIAN HATE DURING THE
00:54:01 COVID 19 PANDEMIC HELPED ASIAN-AMERICANS LIKE MYSELF
00:54:04 FEEL HEARD AND UNDERSTOOD. AND WHAT WAS SUCH A DIFFICULT
00:54:09 MOMENT FOR OUR COMMUNITY? >> HER WORK HAS NOT ONLY
00:54:15 INFORMED BUT INSPIRED US ALL. >> I'D ALSO LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE
00:54:19 THAT YOU ARE THE ONLY PERSON WHO WOULD BE ABLE TO GET MY
00:54:20 FIANCEE TO COME BACK TO THE CHAMBERS AFTER MY INAUGURATION
00:54:26 DESPITE MANY ATTEMPTS. WHEN I ASKED WHY ARE YOU COMING
00:54:28 FOR DIANE? >> BECAUSE SHE SPEAKS FOR US
00:54:31 ALL. AND I THINK I'VE HEARD FROM HER
00:54:34 MANY TIMES HOW THERE'S NO POLITICIAN THAT COULD GET HER
00:54:38 BACK. BUT YOU COULD.
00:54:40 AND I THINK IT'S BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU REPRESENT AND THE
00:54:42 STORIES YOU TELL. YOU'VE TOLD ME HOW YOU REALLY
00:54:45 WANT TO FOCUS ON ELEVATING OUR COMMUNITY AND SHARING OUR
00:54:49 STORIES AND OFTEN HAVING TO FIGHT THE POWERS THAT BE TO
00:54:53 TELL THOSE STORIES. AND I THINK IT RESONATES SO
00:54:56 MUCH WITH SO MANY OF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT HAVE
00:54:58 COME OUT HERE AS WELL TO SUPPORT AS OTHER LOCAL LEADERS
00:55:01 HAVE ALSO SAID WHILE OTHERS CHOOSE TO SCAPEGOAT OR LOOK
00:55:05 AWAY. DIANE CHOSE TO BE BRAVE BY
00:55:08 SHARING THE TRUTH OF WHAT WAS HAPPENING ESPECIALLY TO OUR
00:55:13 ELDERS NIGHT AFTER NIGHT. SHE HELPED SPARK A MOVEMENT.
00:55:16 DIANE MADE HISTORY AS THE FIRST ASIAN-AMERICAN WOMAN TO ANCHOR
00:55:20 IN MULTIPLE MAJOR MARKETS. BREAKING BARRIERS AND LIFTING
00:55:24 UP UNDERREPRESENTED VOICES WHEREVER SHE WENT.
00:55:28 >> HER FORTHCOMING BOOK AMPLIFY MY FIGHT FOR ASIAN AMERICA IS A
00:55:33 TESTAMENT TO HER ENDURING COMMITMENT TO TRUTH, JUSTICE
00:55:36 AND COMMUNITY. >> SHE HAS RECEIVED NUMEROUS
00:55:40 ACCOLADES FOR HER IMPACT INCLUDING THE CHAMPION OF TRUTH
00:55:42 AWARD FROM S.F. CAUSE RECOGNITION FROM THE CALIFORNIA
00:55:45 STATE ASSEMBLY AND THE SAN FRANCISCO CITY ATTORNEY'S
00:55:48 OFFICE FOR API AND LGBTQ PLUS ADVOCACY AND INCLUSION AND THE
00:55:52 GOLD HOUSE A100 LIST OF THE MOST IMPACTFUL ASIAN-AMERICANS
00:55:59 ALONGSIDE LEADERS LIKE VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS.
00:56:03 >> IN 2020 TWO SHE WAS THE ONLY LOCAL JOURNALIST INVITED BY THE
00:56:06 BIDEN ADMINISTRATION TO THE WHITE HOUSE FOR THE FIRST EVER
00:56:10 AAPI HERITAGE MONTH CELEBRATION .
00:56:13 WHETHER MODERATING A FIRESIDE CHAT WITH MARTHA STEWART OR
00:56:17 REPORTING FROM THE OSCARS RED CARPET DIANE BRINGS
00:56:21 AUTHENTICITY, EMPATHY AND INTEGRITY TO EVERY STORY
00:56:24 SHE TELLS HER LEADERSHIP IN COVERING ISSUES OF RACE
00:56:29 AND VIOLENCE HAS RESONATED FAR BEYOND OUR CITY, EARNING HER
00:56:33 RECOGNITION ALONGSIDE NATIONAL FIGURES AND INVITATIONS TO THE
00:56:36 WHITE HOUSE. YET SHE HAS ALWAYS REMAINED
00:56:40 DEEPLY ROOTED HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO WHERE SHE LIVES WITH
00:56:41 HER HUSBAND AND SPIRITED TODDLER.
00:56:45 >> INDEED, DIANE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR FEARLESS JOURNALISM, YOUR
00:56:50 AUTHENTICITY AND YOUR UNWAVERING DEDICATION TO
00:56:52 AMPLIFYING STORIES THAT NEED TO BE HEARD.
00:56:56 YOUR WORK HAS STRENGTHENED OUR COMMUNITIES UNDERSTAND ADDING
00:57:00 IN OUR CITY'S COMMITMENT TO JUSTICE AND INCLUSION.
00:57:01 THANK YOU. SUPERMAN VI.
00:57:08 OKAY. HE SUPERVISED HER DORSEY.
00:57:15 >> I JUST WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO JUST SAY THAT I
00:57:20 WENT TO THE SAME COLLEGE EMERSON COLLEGE AS DIANE LIM
00:57:23 EVERYBODY. WE'RE BOTH EMERSON LYONS
00:57:24 AND IT'S A BIG DEAL FOR FOR THE SCHOOL THAT WE WENT TO.
00:57:28 I STARTED IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AS THE
00:57:31 COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR JUST A FEW WEEKS BEFORE THE COVID
00:57:35 LOCKDOWN. AND I SAW FIRSTHAND HOW THE
00:57:39 SCAPEGOATING PLAYED OUT AGAINST OUR AAPI COMMUNITY AND HOW THAT
00:57:43 PLAYED OUT IN VIOLENT ATTACKS. AND I AM JUST SO GRATEFUL THAT
00:57:47 IN THAT REALLY DIFFICULT TIME WE HAD A JOURNALIST OF YOUR
00:57:50 CALIBER TO COVER IT. IT MEANT A LOT TO ME AS
00:57:54 SOMEBODY WHO CARES ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY BUT I KNOW IT MEANT A
00:57:56 LOT TO EVERYBODY IN THE AAPI COMMUNITY AND EVERYBODY WHO IS
00:57:59 LIKE AS I AM A GAY MAN IN A VULNERABLE COMMUNITY THAT'S
00:58:03 ALSO DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED BY HATE CRIME.
00:58:07 SO I JUST WANT TO THANK SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD FOR HONORING
00:58:09 YOU AND JUST PILE ON WITH KIND WORDS OF MY OWN.
00:58:11 >> CONGRATULATIONS. >> SUPERVISOR AND ENGARDIO AS
00:58:18 SOMEONE WHO WAS A JOURNALIST BEFORE I WAS A SUPERVISOR.
00:58:22 I REALLY RESPECT YOUR JOURNALISM AND HOW IMPACTFUL IT
00:58:26 WAS. IT'S IT'S A NOBLE CAUSE AND YOU
00:58:27 REALLY SHOWED THE BEST IT CAN BE.
00:58:30 SO THANK YOU FOR SERVING THE PROFESSION AND THE COMMUNITY AS
00:58:33 WELL AS YOU AS YOU DID. AND CONGRATS.
00:58:37 WELL, CONGRATULATIONS GUYS AND THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR
00:58:42 YEARS OF SERVICE TO SAN FRANCISCO.
00:58:45 IT HAS BEEN A TREAT FOR ME TO GET TO KNOW YOU A LITTLE BIT
00:58:46 OVER THESE LAST FEW YEARS. >> DIANE LIM, POOL BOY USUALLY
00:59:00 I'M ON THE OTHER SIDE WAITING FOR THIS SEEMINGLY BORING
00:59:03 MEETING TO END SO I CAN CHASE ALL OF YOU DOWN WITH A BIG
00:59:08 MICROPHONE AND GET YOU ALL ON CAMERA.
00:59:09 >> BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY AS I LOOK OUT ON THE CROWD AND I
00:59:12 LOOK OUT AT ALL OF THE SUPERVISORS AND PEOPLE IN SAN
00:59:16 FRANCISCO GOVERNMENT I HAVE TO SAY IT FEELS SO GOOD TO BE A
00:59:19 SAN FRANCISCAN, DOESN'T IT? I DIDN'T EXPECT TO GET SO
00:59:26 EMOTIONAL BUT I HAVE TO SHARE MY DEEPEST GRATITUDE.
00:59:33 FIRST OFF OF COURSE FOR SUPERVISOR BELAL MAHMOOD FOR
00:59:37 SPONSORING THIS. >> AND ALSO FOR EACH AND EVERY
00:59:40 ONE OF YOU FOR BEING ON BOARD BECAUSE AT ONE POINT OR ANOTHER
00:59:43 WE HAVE SPOKEN. I HAVE BEEN HARD ON ALL OF YOU.
00:59:47 BUT YET I THINK WE ALL FIGHT FOR THE GOOD OF THIS FAIR CITY.
00:59:51 >> I CAN'T THANK ENOUGH THE PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE FROM SO
00:59:55 MANY DIFFERENT FACETS OF MY LIFE.
00:59:58 I'M SHAKING BECAUSE I DID NOT EXPECT HALF OF THEM TO BE HERE.
01:00:02 >> BECAUSE THE CHALLENGE SOMETIMES IS BEING A JOURNALIST
01:00:06 ESPECIALLY ONE ON TELEVISION IS YOU SPEAK TO ONE CAMERA, YOU'RE
01:00:10 UNSURE OF WHO'S ON THE OTHER SIDE.
01:00:11 >> YOU DON'T KNOW WHO IS SUPPORTING YOU BUT YOU SURE AS
01:00:14 ALL KNOW THE VITRIOL THAT COMES YOUR WAY.
01:00:17 YOU ALL KNOW AS SUPERVISORS. >> SO TO SEE MY FAMILY AND MY
01:00:22 FRIENDS HERE AND ALSO I HAVE A SPECIAL PLACE OF COURSE IN MY
01:00:25 HEART TO MY TWO YEAR OLD WHO WILL BE TWO ON FRIDAY BECAUSE I
01:00:32 WANT HIM TO SEE WHAT HIS VOICE CAN DO THAT HE IS NOT JUST ONE
01:00:39 PERSON, THAT THERE IS A COMMUNITY RALLYING BEHIND HIM.
01:00:43 >> YOU KNOW, DURING THE PANDEMIC AND THROUGHOUT MY
01:00:46 CAREER I ALWAYS KNEW WHAT REPRESENTATION WAS.
01:00:47 >> AT LEAST I THOUGHT I DID. BY HAVING A SEAT AT THE TABLE.
01:00:51 BUT TRULY WHAT THAT MEANS IS DOING SOMETHING WITH THAT SEAT
01:00:55 FLIPPING THAT SEAT OVER UNTIL PEOPLE LISTEN.
01:01:02 MAYBE THAT'S UNCONVENTIONAL FOR A JOURNALIST.
01:01:03 WELL, THAT'S NOT MY PROBLEM ANYMORE I SUPPOSE.
01:01:06 >> BUT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED SO MUCH AND WE OFTENTIMES TALK
01:01:14 ABOUT THE HATE, THE VIOLENCE, THE DISCRIMINATION, ALL OF
01:01:18 THAT. BUT WE ALSO MUST TAKE THIS TIME
01:01:19 TO CELEBRATE YOU AS A CHINESE-AMERICAN WOMAN BORN
01:01:23 FROM PARENTS WHO CAME FROM HONG KONG AND TAIWAN.
01:01:26 >> I THINK IT WAS INHERENT IN ME TO ALWAYS BE EXTRA
01:01:30 HUMBLE, EXTRA ASIAN, HUMBLE I USED TO CALL IT WHENEVER THERE
01:01:35 WAS AN AWARD OR AN ACCOLADE OR A COMPLIMENT NO, NO I DON'T
01:01:39 DESERVE IT. >> GIVE THE CREDIT TO SOMEONE
01:01:42 ELSE. BUT I AM STANDING IN FRONT OF
01:01:45 ALL OF YOU PROUD TODAY TO ACCEPT THIS SPECIAL
01:01:49 COMMENDATION BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS FOR ALL OF US.
01:01:53 >> SO I LEAVE YOU NOW WITH THIS REMINDER THAT THE REMARKS THAT
01:02:00 I'M MAKING IF YOU SEE THE SPECIAL COMMENDATION ON SOCIAL
01:02:04 MEDIA OR IF YOU ARE WATCHING ONLINE ON THE INTERNET HELLO
01:02:08 MOTHER AND FATHER OUT THERE IN CONNECTICUT REMEMBER WE MUST
01:02:11 ALWAYS BE BRAVE IN THE FACE OF ADVERSITY WHEN WE ARE BEING
01:02:17 GASLIT WHEN WE ARE BEING MADE TO FEEL TWO INCHES TALL.
01:02:22 >> REMEMBER THAT IF WE HAVE TWO THINGS ON OUR SIDE THE TRUTH
01:02:29 AND OUR COMMUNITY WE WILL ALWAYS ALWAYS PREVAIL.
01:02:33 >> THANK YOU SO SO MUCH. YOU DO YOU WANT TO COME?
01:03:06 YEAH. FIRST ME I, I COME FIRST.
01:03:12 AND WHAT DO YOU THINK? WOW.
01:03:37 WE'RE GOING TO GO OUTSIDE. OH, ALL RIGHT.
01:03:47 DISTRICT SIX SUPERVISOR MATT DORSEY.
01:03:48 >> GREAT. THANK YOU.
01:03:49 PRESIDENT MANDELBAUM. >> COLLEAGUES, AS WE CELEBRATE
01:03:54 SAN FRANCISCO'S INAUGURAL SOUTH ASIAN HERITAGE MONTH THIS
01:03:58 MONTH, IT IS MY HONOR TO RECOGNIZE ONE OF MY DISTRICT'S
01:04:02 MOST TIRELESS CIVIC AND CULTURAL LEADERS.
01:04:05 CEMETERY. >> NOW SIMA SIMA HAS BEEN A
01:04:12 DISTRICT SIX RESIDENT FOR NEARLY 20 YEARS.
01:04:13 SHE IS AN ACCOMPLISHED CORPORATE RETAIL PROFESSIONAL
01:04:16 WITH MACY'S AND SEPHORA. NORTH AMERICA HEADQUARTERED
01:04:20 HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO. AND HER EXPERIENCE THERE HAS
01:04:21 WELL INFORMED HER ADVOCACY FOR SAN FRANCISCO'S LOCAL BUSINESS
01:04:24 AND RETAIL VIBRANCY. INSPIRED BY HER INDIAN
01:04:28 IMMIGRANT MOTHER'S URBAN FASHION BOUTIQUE AND IN MEMORY
01:04:31 OF HER FATHER, A HOWARD UNIVERSITY GRADUATE
01:04:34 AND LIFELONG HBCU PROFESSOR SIMA HAS MADE IT HER MISSION TO
01:04:39 BUILD SPACES WHERE DIVERSE VOICES AND COMMUNITIES CAN
01:04:43 THRIVE. SHE HAS AN IMPRESSIVE RECORD OF
01:04:44 CIVIC LEADERSHIP IN DISTRICT SIX.
01:04:47 SHE CO-FOUNDED IDEATE S.F., A VOLUNTEER LED NONPROFIT THAT
01:04:51 STRENGTHENS CIVIC ENGAGEMENT IN OUR HIGHEST DENSITY
01:04:54 NEIGHBORHOODS WITH 88. SHE LED SUCCESSFUL ADVOCACY
01:04:57 CAMPAIGNS THAT INCLUDE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CROSSING A
01:04:59 CHERISHED PUBLIC SPACE IN THE EAST CUT THAT QUICKLY BECAME
01:05:03 THAT NEIGHBORHOOD'S BACKYARD AND HAS BEEN NATIONALLY
01:05:06 RECOGNIZED. SHE SERVED AS A MEMBER OF THE
01:05:07 OSSEO TRANS BAY CITIZEN'S ADVISORY COMMITTEE WHERE SHE
01:05:11 HAS BEEN A WELL-INFORMED AND FORCEFUL ADVOCATE FOR THE
01:05:14 PROMISE OF 21ST CENTURY URBANISM.
01:05:18 AND SHE ALSO SERVES AS A BOARD MEMBER FOR SOME LOCAL POLITICAL
01:05:20 ADVOCACY ORGANIZATIONS AND I HAVE ALWAYS VALUED HER
01:05:23 THOUGHTFULNESS AS SOMEONE COMMITTED TO BUILDING BRIDGES
01:05:27 RATHER THAN BURNING THEM. IN ADDITION, HER INCREDIBLE
01:05:30 ORGANIZING WORK SHE IS ONE OF THE MOST ACTIVE, INFLUENTIAL
01:05:34 AND BUSY MEMBERS OF THE BAY AREA'S SOUTH ASIAN COMMUNITY.
01:05:37 SIMA SPEARHEADED SAN FRANCISCO'S SOUTH ASIANS, A
01:05:40 GROWING ONLINE RESOURCE THAT HIGHLIGHTS LOCAL SOUTH ASIAN
01:05:44 EVENTS, TALENT VENDORS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS.
01:05:48 SHE HAS ALSO LAUNCHED CULTURAL COLLABORATIONS THAT HAVE BECOME
01:05:51 DISTRICT SIX TRADITIONS FROM DIWALI CELEBRATIONS IN SUMMER
01:05:56 WITH SOMA WEST AND THE RINCON CENTER TO MY HANDS DOWN
01:05:59 FAVORITE THE HOLI, THE LEGENDARY FILM FESTIVAL OF
01:06:01 COLORS WHICH STARTED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AT THE CROSSING
01:06:05 IN EAST CUT FROM WHICH THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE FEATURED A
01:06:09 PHOTO OF ME ABSOLUTELY COVERED IN PINK AND BLUE POWDER THAT I
01:06:15 REALLY CHERISH. NOW CIMATU HAS ALSO ELEVATED
01:06:16 SOUTH ASIAN YOGA TEACHERS, DANCE ARTISTS AND VEDIC
01:06:19 PRACTICES THROUGHOUT THE CITY. HER WORK ISN'T JUST ABOUT
01:06:23 CELEBRATION IT'S ALSO ABOUT BUILDING CONNECTION, INCLUSION
01:06:27 AND VISIBILITY IN THE CITY, SHE LOVES AND PROUDLY CALLS HOME.
01:06:31 >> SIMA SAW GAPS IN THE DISTRICT'S SIX CIVIC SPACE
01:06:34 AND THE SOUTH ASIAN COMMUNITY AND SHE ENTHUSIASTICALLY JUMPED
01:06:38 IN TO FILL THEM. >> SHE IS A DOER, AN INNOVATOR
01:06:41 AND SOMEONE I AM INCREDIBLY LUCKY TO HAVE AS A CONSTITUENT.
01:06:45 I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE SOME OF THE FOLKS WHO ARE HERE TO
01:06:47 SUPPORT SIMA TODAY. I KNOW THAT ANDREW ROBINSON,
01:06:50 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE EAST COAST COMMUNITY BENEFIT
01:06:53 DISTRICT IS HERE. I BELIEVE BACK THERE ALSO SEE
01:06:56 HIS MOTHER RITA SRI, ALSO A DISTRICT SIX RESIDENT WHO IS
01:07:00 HERSELF STAUNCHLY COMMITTED TO MAKING SURE HER DISTRICT
01:07:04 SUPERVISOR IS AS WELL FED AS POSSIBLE AND WHOM I HOLD
01:07:08 PERSONALLY ACCOUNTABLE FOR MOST OF MY WEIGHT GAIN AS A
01:07:11 SUPERVISOR. >> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE FOR
01:07:15 SAN FRANCISCO'S FIRST SOUTH ASIAN HERITAGE MONTH.
01:07:19 I CAN'T THINK OF A BETTER DISTRICT SIX REPRESENTATIVE TO
01:07:22 COMMEND FOR YOUR EXTRAORDINARY CIVIC LEADERSHIP AND DEDICATION
01:07:26 TO ADVANCING SOUTH ASIAN CULTURE IN OUR CITY.
01:07:30 THANK YOU. SIMA SRI.
01:07:30 I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU INVITE YOU TO SAY A FEW WORDS OR THANK
01:07:40 YOU SUPERVISOR DORSEY FOR THOSE VERY KIND WORDS.
01:07:44 WE'VE ALWAYS APPRECIATED THE SUPPORT YOU'VE GIVEN THE SOUTH
01:07:46 ASIAN COMMUNITY AND OUR DISTRICT AND THANK YOU TO THE
01:07:49 ENTIRE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND OUR AUDIENCE HERE TODAY FOR
01:07:53 CELEBRATING THE INAUGURAL SOUTH ASIAN HERITAGE MONTH IN SAN
01:07:56 FRANCISCO AT THIS MEETING WITH SPECIAL THANKS TO SUPERVISOR
01:08:00 MAHMUD AND COMMISSIONER COULD READ CHAUDHARY FOR SPEARHEADING
01:08:07 THIS INITIATIVE THAT'S HISTORICAL AS THE FIRST SOUTH
01:08:10 ASIAN HERITAGE MONTH ON THE LEGISLATIVE RECORD.
01:08:14 IT IS DEEPLY MEANINGFUL TO SEE OUR CITY HONOR THE RICHNESS OF
01:08:17 THE SOUTH ASIAN DIASPORA. FOR OVER A CENTURY SOUTH ASIANS
01:08:24 HAVE HELPED SHAPE SAN FRANCISCO'S CIVIC AND CULTURAL
01:08:26 FABRIC. FROM FREEDOM FIGHTERS LIKE
01:08:29 BHAGAT SINGH WHOSE WRITINGS INSPIRED STUDENTS OF SOUTH
01:08:33 ASIAN DESCENT HERE IN THE EARLY 1900S DURING THE BRITISH RULE
01:08:40 OF INDIA TO THE EARLY PUNJABI FARMERS WHO SETTLED IN THE BAY
01:08:45 AREA AND ACTIVISTS WHO MADE IT A BASE FOR BOTH LIVELIHOOD
01:08:49 AND JUSTICE. THE LEGACY LIVES ON TODAY
01:08:52 THROUGH THE IMMENSE CONTRIBUTIONS OF SOUTH ASIAN
01:08:56 TALENT IN TECHNOLOGY AND HEALTH CARE AND IN THE GROWING CIVIC
01:09:03 AND POLITICAL LEADERSHIP SHAPING SAN FRANCISCO'S FUTURE
01:09:06 . IT ALSO SHINES AND OUR FOOD
01:09:07 AND CHAI TRADITIONS IN YOGIC AND AYER VEDIC WELLNESS
01:09:12 PRACTICES AND IN THE ARTS DANCE AND MUSIC THAT BRING
01:09:16 COMMUNITIES TOGETHER. THE BOLLYWOOD MEETS BURNING MAN
01:09:20 HOLI COLOR FESTIVAL SUPERVISOR GENEROUSLY CHERISHES IS ALSO
01:09:23 ONE OF MY FONDEST MEMORIES IN MY 20 YEARS IN SAN FRANCISCO
01:09:27 MADE EVEN BRIGHTER BY LEADERS LIKE ASSEMBLY MEMBER MATT HANEY
01:09:31 AND SUPERVISOR MATT DORSEY CELEBRATING WITH US IN DISTRICT
01:09:35 SIX. IT'S BEEN A JOY TO COLLABORATE
01:09:39 ON THESE FESTIVALS WITH PARTNERS FROM THE EAST CUT CBD
01:09:42 LIKE ANDREW ROBBINS SAID PARIVAR BAY AREA ASIA FOR
01:09:46 EDUCATION AND MANPREET WHO IS HERE TODAY FROM RUNG DAY
01:09:51 BOLLYWOOD. SHE BRINGS OUT HUNDREDS OF
01:09:54 PEOPLE TO TEACH THEM SOUTH ASIAN DANCE.
01:09:58 COURTESY THE EAST CUTS CBD AND TJP PARTNERSHIP AT
01:10:02 SALESFORCE PARK. EVERY FRIDAY IF YOU HAVEN'T
01:10:05 TRIED IT YOU HAVE TO COME DANCE WITH US.
01:10:09 >> IT'S SUCH A ESSENCE OF SOUTH ASIAN CULTURE.
01:10:11 SO TO REALLY CELEBRATE SOUTH ASIAN HERITAGE MONTH WITH US,
01:10:14 COME DANCE WITH US FRIDAY EVENINGS AT THE PARK AND ALSO
01:10:17 MONTHLY AT THE CROSSING. AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK
01:10:23 BOLLYWOOD DANCE CENTRAL AND OR A T A NEW DELHI RESTAURANT THAT
01:10:28 HAVE PARTNERED WITH US ON THESE POP UPS POST-COVID TO BRING
01:10:29 COLOR BACK INTO SAN FRANCISCO. NEW DELHI RESTAURANT IS THE
01:10:35 OLDEST SOUTH ASIAN LEGACY RESTAURANT IN THE CITY AND WE
01:10:37 WANT TO CONTINUE TO SEE THE SOUTH ASIAN RESTAURANTS
01:10:41 THROUGHOUT EVERY DISTRICT THRIVE FOR GENERATIONS AHEAD.
01:10:44 >> I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THIS WORK WITH ALL OF YOU
01:10:49 AND SINCE SUPERVISOR MEHMOOD MISSED THE BEGINNING, SPECIAL
01:10:53 THANKS TO YOU AND COULD FOR SPEARHEADING THIS INITIATIVE
01:10:56 AND ALSO JUST TO KIND OF CLOSE .
01:10:59 WE ARE WORKING ON SOME CLOSING CELEBRATIONS FOR EVERYONE TO
01:11:01 DANCE WITH US MID-AUGUST IN THE EAST COURT CBD SO STAY TUNED
01:11:08 FOR THAT. >> FOLLOW SOUTH ASIANS ON
01:11:09 INSTAGRAM TO CURATE MORE SOUTH ASIAN EXPERIENCES FOR YOURSELF
01:11:13 AND THE COMMUNITY AROUND YOU. >> THANK YOU AGAIN
01:11:58 . DISTRICTS SEVEN SUPERVISOR
01:12:03 MELGAR. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
01:12:06 SO I SEE MY HONOREE HERE MS. M.A. LAO SMITH IF YOU COULD
01:12:10 COME UP ALONG WITH I ALSO I ALSO SEE LIKE THE TOP BRASS OF
01:12:21 SFE, USD AND DCF DON'T GO ANYWHERE.
01:12:22 CHERISE COME ON UP. SO IF YOU COULD ALL COME UP
01:12:26 AND STAND BEHIND ATMEL AS SUPPORT FROM HER COMMUNITY THAT
01:12:30 WOULD BE REALLY GREAT AS WELL. >> SO TODAY I HAVE THE GREAT
01:12:34 PRIVILEGE OF HONORING SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN SO INSTRUMENTAL
01:12:38 IN SERVING HAVING SUPPORTED THE SUCCESS OF LITERALLY THOUSANDS
01:12:45 OF YOUNG PEOPLE AND FAMILIES IN SAN FRANCISCO FOR 30 YEARS.
01:12:49 AND THAT IS MS. MAINLY LAO SMITH.
01:12:55 >> SO YOU WILL NOTICE SHE'S SITTING BECAUSE SHE HATES THE
01:12:59 LIMELIGHT. WHEN I PROPOSED THAT WE WERE
01:13:00 GOING TO DO THAT SHE WAS LIKE NO MIRNA BUT WE HAVE TO DO IT
01:13:04 MAINLY BECAUSE BEHIND THE SCENES THIS AMAZING WOMAN HAS
01:13:08 BEEN WORKING ON TRANSFORMATIONAL ANTI-RACIST
01:13:12 POLICIES THAT PROMOTE SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EDUCATION
01:13:15 AND PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICES IN OUR CITY FOR 30 YEARS.
01:13:19 >> MS. LAO SMITH STARTED HER CAREER AT THE SAN FRANCISCO
01:13:24 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH WHERE SHE PLAYED A KEY ROLE
01:13:27 IN LAUNCHING PROGRAMS THAT TACKLED ADOLESCENT TOBACCO
01:13:31 ISSUES. >> AND THE WAY SHE DID IT WAS
01:13:34 FIRMLY ROOTED IN RACIAL JUSTICE ORGANIZING, PEER SUPPORT
01:13:38 AND EDUCATION SOMETHING THAT SHE HAS CARRIED HER WHOLE
01:13:40 CAREER. >> SHE CO-DEVELOPED THE
01:13:43 COMMUNITY ACTION MODEL A FIVE STEP FRAMEWORK THAT EMPOWERS
01:13:47 COMMUNITY TO TACKLE HEALTH INEQUALITIES THROUGH POLICY
01:13:50 AND SYSTEMS CHANGE. MEILI THEN JOINED THE TEAM AT
01:13:54 THE SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT IN 2012 AND HAS
01:13:58 BEEN AN ESSENTIAL STEADY PART OF THE INNER WORKINGS EVER
01:14:02 SINCE. >> SHE HAS SERVED IN VARIOUS
01:14:05 LEADERSHIP ROLES INCLUDING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY
01:14:06 SCHOOL. SHE BASICALLY RESCUED THAT
01:14:10 DEPARTMENT. I'M LIKE I'M NOT UNDER
01:14:13 ESTIMATING THAT. >> AND LATER SHE BECAME THE
01:14:14 CHIEF OF STUDENT OF FAMILY SERVICES.
01:14:17 I MET MILLIE IN 2014 MORE THAN ANYONE THAT I'VE EVER MET IN MY
01:14:24 LIFE. SHE EMBODIES THE CONCEPT OF A
01:14:28 WARM DEMANDER. THIS IS SOMEONE WHO
01:14:31 IN RELATIONSHIPS ALL THE ALL THE EDUCATION PEOPLE ARE
01:14:35 NODDING AND FOCUSES ON BUILDING RAPPORT WITH OTHERS AND TRUST
01:14:39 SHOWS PERSONAL REGARD FOR OTHERS EARNS THE RIGHT TO
01:14:43 DEMAND AND ALSO IS VERY COMPETENT, TECHNICALLY
01:14:47 PROFICIENT, ENCOURAGES PRODUCTIVE STRUGGLE.
01:14:51 SHE CERTAINLY DID THAT FOR ME. I THINK MILLIE HAS SAID NO TO
01:14:54 ME MORE THAN ANYONE IN MY LIFE. AND SHE IS THE BEST OF THE BEST
01:14:58 MEILI ALLOWS ME SHOWED INCREDIBLE LEADERSHIP
01:15:02 AND COURAGE DURING THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC.
01:15:05 DEVELOPING DISTRICT WIDE PROTOCOLS AND COORDINATING
01:15:10 ACROSS AGENCIES ALL COMMUNITIES COMMUNITIES THAT SUFFERED THE
01:15:14 MOST. IT WAS MAINLY QUIET WORK,
01:15:15 COMPETENT WORK BEHIND THE SCENES THAT MADE IT HAPPEN.
01:15:20 IN 23 SHE JOINED THE SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE WHERE
01:15:22 SHE CONTINUED TO LEAD EQUITY DRIVEN WORK TO SUPPORT STUDENTS
01:15:26 AND FAMILIES. MS..
01:15:29 SMITH'S LEADERSHIP DOES NOT ONLY PERTAIN TO EDUCATION SHE
01:15:33 HAS ALSO SPENT TIME WORKING AND LEADING COMPLEX ADVOCACY
01:15:37 PROJECTS FOR YOUTH, LOW INCOME FAMILIES, COMMUNITIES OF COLOR,
01:15:41 THE LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY. HER LEADERSHIP WILL HAVE A
01:15:45 LASTING IMPACT ON OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT THE COMMUNITY SHE
01:15:48 SUPPORTS AND THE CITY AS A WHOLE AND COUNTLESS GENERATIONS
01:15:53 OF YOUNG PEOPLE AND FAMILIES. >> A PASSIONATE ADVOCATE FOR
01:15:54 SOCIAL JUSTICE SHE HAS SERVED THE RESIDENTS OF SAN FRANCISCO
01:15:58 WITH UNWAVERING PURPOSE, EARNING OUR DEEP RESPECT FOR
01:16:01 HER AND HER WORK. MALE IS ALSO A LOVING, CARING
01:16:05 MOM TO FOUR KIDS FOUR CHILDREN ALL FIVE USC GRADUATES LIKE HER
01:16:12 OH SUPERINTENDENT SUZANNE THE HOUSE TO THANK YOU FOR COMING
01:16:16 BACK SUPERINTENDENT. I AM PROUD TO CALL YOU A
01:16:20 FRIEND, MALIK AND I WISH YOU THE VERY BEST IN YOUR NEXT STEP
01:16:24 IN YOUR LIFE. I'M NOW GOING TO PASS IT ALONG
01:16:28 TO YOUR DISTRICT SUPERVISOR, CHEYENNE TEN WHO WANTS TO SAY A
01:16:32 FEW WORDS BEFORE I HAVE SUPERINTENDENTS WHO COME UP
01:16:34 AND SAY A FEW WORDS AS WELL. >> THANK YOU.
01:16:39 SUPERVISOR MELGAR CAN GRADUATION MEAN LEAVE US WITH
01:16:42 YOUR WORD AT SFD SD AND THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH HAS
01:16:47 ALWAYS BEEN CENTER AROUND COMMUNITY AND EQUITY.
01:16:50 YOU HAVE BEEN AN INCREDIBLE PUBLIC SERVANT ADVOCATE
01:16:55 COMMUNITY ORGANIZERS AND DISTRICT 11 MOM RAISING
01:16:58 YOUR CHILDREN IN THE EXCELSIOR .
01:17:01 I FIRST MET YOU WHEN I WAS A YOUTH AT A YOUTH PROGRAM
01:17:03 IN CHINATOWN. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR
01:17:07 MENTORSHIP AND GUIDANCE OVER THE YEARS.
01:17:09 YOUR INCREDIBLE WORK AND INVALUABLE KNOWLEDGE WILL
01:17:13 NO DOUBT BE MISSED BY EVERYONE THERE AND MORE OF YOUR
01:17:17 COLLEAGUES. >> YOU YOU HAVE TOUCHED ME
01:17:18 IN LIFE AND I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST IN THE NEXT JOURNEY WHICH
01:17:21 IS A TIME IN WHICH I ALSO LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU MORE
01:17:25 AROUND IN DISTRICT 11. >> CONGRATULATE AND SUPERVISOR
01:17:30 WALTON. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH PRESIDENT
01:17:35 AND MADAM AND THANK YOU SUPERVISOR MELGAR FOR DOING
01:17:36 THIS. MELLIE I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT
01:17:39 WE ALL OVER THE YEARS AND I HAVE A DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE
01:17:42 THAN SUPERVISOR MELGAR IN TERMS OF I DON'T REMEMBER YOU EVER
01:17:46 TELLING ME NO WHEN I WAS ON THE BOARD OF EDUCATION BUT ACTUALLY
01:17:49 COMING UP WITH STRATEGIES AND SOLUTIONS TO SOLVE SOME
01:17:51 REAL PROBLEMS TO ADDRESS A LOT OF THE NEEDS AND ISSUES THAT
01:17:54 OUR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE HAD, OUR STUDENTS HAD AND OUR FAMILY
01:17:58 HAD. >> AND SO I JUST WANT TO THANK
01:17:59 YOU FOR THE CARE AND THE CONSIDERATION AND EVERYTHING
01:18:02 THAT YOU PUT INTO THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE IN OUR DISTRICT
01:18:05 OVER THE YEARS. I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE SEE
01:18:09 YOU AND I'M JUST VERY THANKFUL THAT THE DISTRICT HAS HAD THE
01:18:13 OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE SOMEONE LIKE YOU SERVING FOR SO MANY
01:18:16 YEARS. SO THANK YOU
01:18:17 AND CONGRATULATIONS. YOU DESERVE THIS HONOR.
01:18:23 I PRESIDENT I WILL NOW ASK SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS MARIA
01:18:27 SU TO COME UP AND SAY A FEW WORDS AND ALSO WANT TO
01:18:31 ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE HAVE TWO SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS HERE ALITA
01:18:34 FISHER AND PARAG GUPTA AT MIZZOU.
01:18:38 >> THANK YOU. OH, THERE'S A LOT OF SMELLY
01:18:42 SUPPORTERS HERE TONIGHT. TODAY FIRST THANK YOU SO MUCH,
01:18:46 COMMISSIONER SUPERVISOR MELGAR FOR FOR HONORING OUR OUR
01:18:54 WONDERFUL MELI AND WHEN I SAY OUR I MEAN SHE IS TRULY A CITY
01:18:59 PERSON BECAUSE SHE STARTED HER CAREER IN THE DEPARTMENT OF
01:19:02 PUBLIC HEALTH. >> I REMEMBER BEING ON THE
01:19:05 HIRING PANEL FOR HER WHEN SHE WAS SHE WAS ACTUALLY APPLYING
01:19:12 FOR A JOB WITHIN THE CITY AND IN THAT ROOM WAS THE
01:19:16 ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF STUDENT FAMILIES SERVICES
01:19:20 DEPARTMENT KEVIN TRUANT WHO LEANED OVER TO ME AND SAID YOU
01:19:24 BETTER NOT HIRE HER BECAUSE I WANT HER.
01:19:28 >> AND THERE THEN STARTED THE JOURNEY THAT MELISSA HAD MOVING
01:19:33 FROM THE CITY OVER TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SHE BROUGHT
01:19:36 WITH HER THE SAME RIGOR RESPONSIBILITY, ACCOUNTABILITY
01:19:44 AND DESIRE FOR GREATNESS FROM THE CITY OVER TO THE SCHOOL
01:19:48 DISTRICT AND SHE HAS DONE THAT FOR MANY, MANY YEARS LEADING
01:19:52 AMAZING TEAMS. >> BUT HONESTLY AT THE END OF
01:19:56 THE DAY IT'S ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT SHE CENTERS HER STUDENTS
01:20:02 AND OUR STUDENTS IN ALL THE DECISIONS THAT SHE MAKES.
01:20:06 >> AND AS YOU CAN SEE HERE BY ALL THE PEOPLE WHO IS THE
01:20:10 HENNEY IN LINE SUPPORTING HER? >> SHE HAS MADE A LASTING
01:20:13 IMPRESSION HERE IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT AND I AM POSITIVE
01:20:17 THERE ARE MANY MORE PEOPLE WATCHING AT HOME WATCHING ALL
01:20:22 OVER THE PLACE IN FULL CELEBRATION AND SUPPORT OF
01:20:25 MELLIE. >> I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT
01:20:29 WHEN SHE COMES TO WORK SHE IS BRINGING HER FULL SELF HERE
01:20:33 AND I KNOW THAT HER PARTNER AND HER FRIENDS AND HER
01:20:37 CHILDREN HAVE SHARED HER WITH US AND I AM REALLY HAPPY THAT
01:20:45 NOW SHE GETS TO SPEND MORE TIME WITH HER PARTNER, HER CHILDREN
01:20:49 AND HER FRIENDS AND I FULLY EXPECT TO SEE HER IN DISTRICT
01:20:53 11 BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE I LIVE AS WELL.
01:20:56 AND THEN ALSO ON THE TENNIS COURT BECAUSE SHE IS ALSO MY
01:20:59 HITTING PARTNER ON BEHALF OF THE SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED
01:21:04 SCHOOL DISTRICT, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HONORING OUR MELILLO
01:21:07 SMITH AND SO MUCH FOR DOING THIS ACCOMMODATION FOR HER.
01:21:10 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU.
01:21:12 THANK YOU SUPERINTENDENT YOU HAVE TO SAY A FEW WORDS MALIK
01:21:22 MM. >> WOW.
01:21:26 I DID WRITE SOMETHING BUT IT'S ONLY ONE PAGE SO DON'T WORRY.
01:21:32 I AM SO, SO HUMBLE. TRY NOT TO CRY AND OVERWHELMED
01:21:36 BY THE BEAUTIFUL WORDS SAID I'M SO GRATEFUL TO YOU SUPERVISOR
01:21:40 MALAGA SUPERVISOR CHAN AND SUPERVISOR TO WALTON FOR
01:21:41 YOUR BEAUTIFUL WORDS AND THIS INCREDIBLE GIFT I HAVE BEEN SO
01:21:47 EXTRAORDINARILY BLESSED AND PRIVILEGED TO HAVE SPENT
01:21:48 THE LAST 34 YEARS YOU CUT ME OFF OF YOU.
01:21:51 >> I WANT THAT 34 AS A PUBLIC SERVANT IN SERVICE OF ALL SAN
01:21:58 FRANCISCO RESIDENTS WORKING TOGETHER WITH THEM TO CREATE
01:22:02 AND PUT POLICIES IN PLACE TO IMPROVE THE WELL-BEING OF ALL
01:22:05 ALL OF MY DEAR COLLEAGUES, FRIENDS, FAMILIES WHO ARE HERE
01:22:08 TODAY WHO ARE NOT HERE TODAY AND WHO HAVE PASSED ON.
01:22:10 YOU ALL HAVE MADE ME A BETTER PERSON AND HAVE HONORED ME WITH
01:22:13 YOUR LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP FOR WHICH I AM FOREVER GRATEFUL.
01:22:17 >> TOGETHER WE HAVE DONE GOOD WORK IN SERVICE OF OTHERS AND I
01:22:21 COULD NOT HAVE DONE ANY OF IT WITHOUT YOU.
01:22:25 MANY OF YOU KNOW THAT I DON'T LIKE TO SPEAK IN PUBLIC.
01:22:28 >> THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR MELGAR.
01:22:29 AND WHEN I MUST I ALWAYS SPEAK OF MY FOUR BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN
01:22:33 AND THE ENDLESS LOVE I HAVE FOR THEM AND THAT LOVE IS EXTENDED
01:22:37 TO THEIR MANY FRIENDS WHO SHARED MEALS AT OUR TABLE
01:22:41 AND SPENT NIGHTS AT OUR HOUSE REEKING HAVOC TOGETHER MAKING
01:22:44 ME LAUGH AND TEACHING ME SO MUCH.
01:22:48 >> DYLAN CAITLIN KYLE AND MILEY ,I KNOW YOU COULDN'T BE HERE
01:22:53 TODAY BUT I WANT TO TELL YOU THAT YOU ARE MY FOUR WIVES MY
01:22:58 FOUR LOUSY YEARS AND MY GREATEST JOY AND MY BEST
01:22:59 TEACHERS. I AM SO INCREDIBLY LUCKY TO BE
01:23:03 YOUR MAMA. YOU FOUR HAVE MADE ME A BETTER
01:23:06 PERSON AND YOU FOUR ARE DEFINITELY WHO I WANT TO BE
01:23:10 WHEN I GROW UP. >> SAN FRANCISCO IS MY HOME.
01:23:13 >> I GREW UP ROAMING ITS STREETS AS DID MY CHILDREN.
01:23:17 TAKING MUNI RIDING MY BIKE AND RUNNING UP AND DOWN ITS
01:23:21 HILLS. IT IS A CITY THAT EDUCATED ME
01:23:24 AND MY FOUR CHILDREN IN ITS PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
01:23:25 >> IT IS A WONDERFULLY DIVERSE CITY AND ITS PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE
01:23:29 THE RICHNESS OF ITS DIVERSITY. >> ATTENDING PUBLIC SCHOOLS
01:23:33 GAVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE FRIENDS FROM ALL OVER THE CITY
01:23:37 FROM THE BAYVIEW TO THE WESTERN ADDITION TO THE SUNSET TO THE
01:23:40 RICHMOND TO CHINATOWN EVERYWHERE.
01:23:43 AND MANY OF THEM WERE FROM OTHER COUNTRIES AROUND THE
01:23:44 WORLD AS WELL AS OTHER STATES. LATER AS A PEACE CORPS
01:23:48 VOLUNTEER IN NEPAL, I LEARNED MY OWN CULTURE FROM THE
01:23:52 OUTSIDE. >> I EXPERIENCED STRUGGLING TO
01:23:55 BE TO BE UNDERSTOOD AND TO UNDERSTAND WHILE LEARNING A NEW
01:23:56 LANGUAGE. BECAUSE OF THESE EXPERIENCES
01:24:00 BOTH IN MY PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LIFE I HAVE
01:24:03 STRIVED TO PRACTICE CULTURAL HUMILITY TO BE AWARE OF MY OWN
01:24:07 CULTURAL BIASES AND TO LEARN ABOUT AND BE RESPECTFUL OF
01:24:10 OTHER CULTURES. >> NOW MORE THAN EVER WE NEED
01:24:11 TO LEAN INTO THIS PRACTICE OF CULTURAL HUMILITY AND RESIST
01:24:15 THE ATTEMPTS OF THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TO ERASE SO MANY
01:24:19 OF US. EVERYONE HAS THE RIGHT TO BE
01:24:22 SEEN AND HEARD AND WELCOMED. >> OUR DEMOCRACY DEPENDS ON IT.
01:24:26 I CARRY MY HEART WITH I CARRY YOU ALL IN MY HEART EVERY DAY.
01:24:30 AND AS I START MY NEXT JOURNEY OF RESISTANCE STARTING IN D11,
01:24:36 I WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH YOU ALL TO ENSURE THAT WE ALL
01:24:38 HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE SEEN, HEARD AND WELCOMED.
01:24:41 I TRULY BELIEVE THAT A PEOPLE UNITED CAN NEVER BE DIVIDED.
01:24:45 THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
01:24:45 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS INCREDIBLE HONOR.
01:24:47 >> THANK YOU. BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL.
01:25:30 WE'RE GOING TO DO PICTURES
01:26:09 . >> DISTRICT TWO SUPERVISOR
01:26:13 CHERYL. THANK YOU PRESIDENT MANDEL MEN
01:26:17 COLLEAGUES TODAY I AM HONORED TO RECOGNIZE CALVIN SWIFT.
01:26:21 PLEASE COME UP TO THE PODIUM. >> FOR OVER 15 YEARS OF SERVICE
01:26:28 MAINTAINING THE CHESTNUT STREET CORRIDOR THROUGH THE SAN
01:26:29 FRANCISCO PUBLIC WORKS CORRIDOR PROGRAM.
01:26:33 >> CALVIN WAS BORN AND RAISED IN SAN FRANCISCO AND STILL
01:26:37 LIVES HERE TODAY ALONG WITH HIS FATHER, STEPMOTHER AND SISTER.
01:26:40 >> HE IS DEEPLY ROOTED IN HIS IN THIS CITY AND I THINK ALL OF
01:26:45 US IN DISTRICT TO KNOW HOW DEDICATED YOU ARE TO ITS
01:26:49 WELL-BEING. >> NOW CALVIN GOT HIS START
01:26:52 START WITH PUBLIC WORKS IN 2009 THROUGH HUMAN SERVICES AGENCIES
01:26:55 JOB NOW PROGRAM AND TRANSITION TO PUBLIC WORKS AS A PUBLIC
01:26:59 SERVICE AIDE WITH THE CORRIDOR PROGRAM.
01:27:00 >> AND HE HAS NEVER LOOKED BACK.
01:27:02 >> CALVIN'S BEEN WITH THE CITY FOR ALMOST 15 YEARS NOW WITH
01:27:05 ALL OF THEM SPENT ON CHESTNUT STREET.
01:27:09 AND HE IS A CONSISTENT AND FRIENDLY PRESENT TO
01:27:13 MERCHANTS, RESIDENTS AND VISITORS ALIKE.
01:27:17 >> CALVIN SHARED WITH US THAT HE FEELS TRUE HAPPINESS AND A
01:27:21 SENSE OF SATISFACTION BEING PART OF THE CORRIDOR PROGRAM
01:27:22 HELPING KEEP THE STREETS OF SAN FRANCISCO AND ESPECIALLY
01:27:26 CHESTNUT STREET CLEAN, VIBRANT AND BEAUTIFUL.
01:27:29 YOU'VE DESCRIBED THE BUSINESSES AND NEIGHBORS ON CHESTNUT AS
01:27:32 WONDERFUL AND VERY FRIENDLY AND SAYS THAT'S WHY HE'S SO
01:27:36 DEDICATED TO GIVING HIS BEST EVERY SINGLE DAY.
01:27:40 >> AND NOW I KNOW YOU SAY HOW INCREDIBLY PROUD YOU ARE TO
01:27:43 SERVE THIS CITY, BUT I THINK YOU UNDERESTIMATE HOW GRATEFUL
01:27:47 WE ARE FOR YOUR SERVICE. >> I TEXTED A LOT OF PEOPLE
01:27:52 ABOUT YOU. >> AND SO IF I MAY READ A
01:27:56 COUPLE OF THEM. YEAH.
01:27:56 HEART EMOJI. >> HEART EMOJI.
01:28:00 HEART EMOJI FIRE EMOJI. HEART EMOJI.
01:28:03 >> IT'S UNCLEAR WHO LOVES HIM MORE ME OR MY DAUGHTER.
01:28:07 THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
01:28:10 THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
01:28:11 THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
01:28:12 THANK YOU. LOVE YOU.
01:28:13 THANK YOU. AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT I WOULD
01:28:15 DO WITHOUT HIM. HE'S JUST WONDERFUL.
01:28:18 THERE ARE ABOUT TEN OTHERS BUT THEY'RE PRETTY MUCH THE SAME.
01:28:23 SO CALVIN, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU PERSONALLY FOR BEING KIND
01:28:27 AND GENEROUS TO ME AND ANSWERING MY ANNOYING
01:28:29 QUESTIONS. BUT REALLY FOR BEING SUCH A
01:28:32 WONDERFUL AND DEDICATED PUBLIC SERVANT YOU ARE THE EPITOME OF
01:28:36 WHAT IT MEANS TO BE AN EMPLOYEE OF SAN FRANCISCO AND DPW.
01:28:40 IF EVERY PERSON IN THIS CITY WAS JUST LIKE YOU WE WOULD BE
01:28:46 DOING GREAT AND WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING BETTER BECAUSE OF YOU.
01:28:48 >> SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF ME BUT ALSO ON
01:28:51 BEHALF OF THE MARINA COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION, ON BEHALF OF
01:28:54 KAHALA MARINA NEIGHBORS AND MERCHANTS.
01:28:57 AND I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE LONGTIME MARINA RESIDENT
01:29:01 AND PARKS REC AND PARKS COMMISSION PRESIDENT KAT
01:29:02 ANDERSON REPRESENTING THE COMMUNITY AND HER THANKS TO YOU
01:29:06 CALVIN. I JUST CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH
01:29:09 FOR YOUR DEDICATION AND YOUR KINDNESS.
01:29:12 >> THE FLOOR IS YOURS. OH, MOST OF ALL I'M GOING TO
01:29:17 THINK OF YOU GUYS BEING HERE TODAY ON MY BEHALF AND I WANT
01:29:21 TO THANK YOU AND EVERYTHING YOU DO.
01:29:23 AND I STARTED HRC BACK IN 2009 AND I WORK MYSELF INTO A JOB
01:29:27 NOW PROGRAM. I USED TO ALWAYS GO OUT LOOKING
01:29:31 FOR JOBS EVERY DAY EVERY DAY AND I LEARNED ONE WITH THE DPW
01:29:35 AND I'VE BEEN HERE EVER SINCE 15 YEARS AND WORKING REAL HARD
01:29:42 . I GET COMPLIMENTS EVERY DAY
01:29:43 EVERY DAY ON THE STREET FROM PEOPLE HANGING OUT THE WINDOWS
01:29:46 PASSING BY CARS HONKING BUSSES HONKING.
01:29:51 SO YOU KNOW AND IT'S A BLESSING.
01:29:52 IT'S A BLESSING TO BE HERE TODAY AND I JUST WANT TO
01:29:55 CONTINUE DOING WHAT I'M DOING AS A GOOD WORKER TO HELP KEEP
01:29:59 THE CITY CLEAN AND I ONLY HAVE LIKE A YEAR LEFT OUT OF MY
01:30:05 THREE YEARS WORKING WITH DPW AND I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE
01:30:10 DOING WHAT I'M DOING TO HELP THE PROGRAM OUT AND THE
01:30:13 COMMUNITY AS WELL. >> THANK
01:30:56 DISTRICT 11 SUPERVISOR CHAN THANK YOU PRESIDENT.
01:31:04 >> MAY I HAVE KENNY LAO TO GO TO THE PODIUM?
01:31:06 ON CALI TODAY IT'S MY GREAT HONOR TO RECOGNIZE MR. KENNY
01:31:19 LAO FOR HIS LIFELONG DEDICATION TO TRADITIONAL CHINESE
01:31:23 MEDICINE, CULTURAL PRESERVATION AND COMMUNITY SERVICES.
01:31:26 >> MR. LAO IS A RESPECTED TRAILBLAZER IN HIS FIELD.
01:31:30 A THIRD GENERATION HERBAL MEDICINE PRACTITIONER
01:31:34 AND GRADUATE FROM HALLOWEENTOWN UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE.
01:31:38 HE HAS SPENT DECADES PROVIDING COMPASSIONATE CARE TO SAN
01:31:40 FRANCISCO COMMUNITY. HIS CHINATOWN SHOP HAS SERVED
01:31:44 AS A TRUSTED NEIGHBORHOOD ANCHOR FOR OVER 50 YEARS.
01:31:47 A MILESTONE RECENTLY CELEBRATED BY MANY OF US WHO BENEFIT FROM
01:31:51 HIS WORK BEYOND HIS PRACTICE, MR. LAO HAS HELP ADVANCED
01:31:55 TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINES ON THE INTERNATIONAL STAGE.
01:31:59 HE HAS ORGANIZED IT AND CHAIRED IT MAJOR ACADEMIC CONFERENCES
01:32:03 AND WHOLE LEADERSHIP ROLES IN GLOBAL TCM ASSOCIATIONS.
01:32:06 >> IN 2022 HE FOUND A NASH. HE FOUND THE FIRST NATIONS
01:32:13 TRADITIONAL CHINESE HERBAL MEDICINE EXHIBITION HA RIGHT
01:32:17 HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO A REMARKABLE GIFT TO OUR CITY
01:32:20 THAT CELEBRATES CHINESE HERITAGE AND HEALING TRADITIONS
01:32:24 . >> HE'S ALSO A COMMITTED
01:32:25 EDUCATOR AND MENTOR TRAINING FUTURE GENERATIONS AND BUILDING
01:32:29 BRIDGES BETWEEN EAST AND WEST. >> TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE
01:32:33 AND MODERN PRACTICES. HIS ADVOCACY LED TO THE
01:32:37 CALIFORNIA STATE ASSEMBLY DECLARING MARCH 18TH, 2024 AS
01:32:40 CALIFORNIA CHINESE MEDICINE DAY RECOGNITION AFTER ENDURING
01:32:45 CONTRIBUTION OF TCM IN PUBLIC HEALTH.
01:32:48 BUT MR. LE'S LEGACY DOES NOT STOP AT MEDICINE.
01:32:52 HE HAS ALSO FOUND CIVIL. >> HE HAS FOUND CIVIC
01:32:56 AND CULTURAL INITIATIVE TO OUTLIVE CHINATOWN POMO SMALL
01:33:00 BUSINESS PRESERVE CHINESE AMERICAN HERITAGE AND FOSTER
01:33:04 CROSS-CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING. >> KENNY LAO THANK YOU FOR YOUR
01:33:08 VISIONARY LEADERSHIP AND YOUR UNWAVERING SERVICE TO CITY OF
01:33:12 SAN FRANCISCO. I'M GOING TO SAY A FEW WORDS
01:33:16 CHINESE AND GIVE ME AN OLD AIG MOLE BAKING POI YEAH SOMETHING
01:33:20 I DON'T KNOW IN HIGH SEAS DE SAN JOSE THINGS GET SO HOT OH
01:33:23 MY GOD I'M DEAD LAO YOU KNOW I SEEN SOMEONE SAY OKAY, YEAH,
01:33:27 YEAH SOME DONKEY
01:34:18 BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS I'M PROUD TO
01:34:22 DECLARE THAT AUGUST 28TH 2025 AS KENNY LAO DAY IN A CITY
01:34:25 AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO. THANK YOU AND I KNOW MY
01:34:27 COLLEAGUES SUPERVISE THIS ALL TO WOULD ALSO HAVE US FEWER
01:34:30 AND ALSO SUPERVISOR CHAN ALSO HAVE A FEW MORE TO SAY THANK
01:34:32 YOU THANK YOU SUPERVISOR CHAN FOR HONORING KENNY TODAY OR
01:34:43 HONORING MR. LAO TODAY. I THINK IT'S A VERY WELL
01:34:48 DESERVED HONOR. I THINK THAT HE IS REALLY
01:34:51 SOMEONE YOU'RE REALLY SOMEONE THAT BEEN SERVING THE COMMUNITY
01:34:54 IN SO MANY WAY IN SO MANY DIVERSE FASHION BUT I THINK
01:34:57 THAT IT HAS BEEN A VERY LONG TIME FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT
01:35:02 WHEN IT COMES TO OUR TRADITIONAL MEDICINE BE
01:35:05 ACUPUNCTURE OR BE IT HERBAL MEDICINE, IT HAS A STIGMA
01:35:10 ATTACHED TO IT FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
01:35:13 BUT YOU HAVE BEEN WORKING ADVOCATING FOR THE COMMUNITY
01:35:16 TIRELESSLY. YOU'RE MAKING SURE THAT TODAY
01:35:20 THAT I THINK THAT CHINESE HERBAL MEDICINE IS THE WAY IT
01:35:21 IS TODAY IS BECAUSE OF YOUR ADVOCACY WORK THAT PEOPLE
01:35:24 RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF IT, THE MEDICINAL ASPECT OF IT
01:35:29 AND RECOGNIZING IT NOW EVEN THE MEDICAID BEING ABLE TO COVER
01:35:32 FOR ACUPUNCTURE TREATMENTS IT'S ALL BECAUSE OF YOUR WORK AND I
01:35:36 THINK YOU'VE BEEN WORKING ON THAT SO FOR SO LONG WITHOUT
01:35:41 MUCH CREDIT. >> SO I APPRECIATE SUPERVISOR
01:35:44 CHAN FOR RECOGNIZING YOU TODAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR
01:35:47 SERVICE. I LOOK FORWARD TO SEE MORE TO
01:35:49 COME AND THANK YOU AND WE ARE GRATEFUL AND CONGRATULATIONS ON
01:35:53 THIS HONEST ADVISOR AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS BEFORE US
01:36:00 . YOU KNOW I HAVE ENJOYED GETTING
01:36:01 TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HOLISTIC MEDICINE AND TRADITIONAL
01:36:05 MEDICINE THROUGH YOUR WORK AND I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE
01:36:08 THE IMPACT THAT YOU HAVE ON CHINATOWN THROUGH YOUR WORK
01:36:12 AND LEADERSHIP WITH THE HCA AND ENSURING THAT THERE ARE
01:36:20 INITIATIVES IN CHINATOWN THAT WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT.
01:36:21 I SEE YOU NANCY, AND I SEE YOU, DENNIS IN EVERY MEETING THAT WE
01:36:25 HAVE TOGETHER I COME AWAY WITH A VERY LONG TO DO LIST
01:36:29 AND THERE'S A LOT THAT WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT.
01:36:32 SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AS A MERCHANT
01:36:34 AND WITHIN THE HEALTH CARE SPACE ON THE BOARD, PRESIDENT
01:36:45 GENTLEMAN HONOR ROLL SYMBOLIZES ESTEEMED GUESTS DEAR FRIENDS IS
01:36:52 MY PROFOUND GRATITUDE THAT I STAND HERE BEFORE YOU TODAY TO
01:37:00 BE HONEST ABOUT THIS INCREDIBLE CITY WE DAY THAT BEARS MY NAME
01:37:05 CAN BE OUT THERE IS IS MORE THAN A PERSONAL MILESTONE IS A
01:37:13 CELEBRATION OF THE VALUE CONDITIONS AND QUALITIES PUT
01:37:20 DURING THE YEAR HAVE SUFFERED MY LIFE AND THE LIVES OF SO
01:37:24 MANY BEFORE ME I EXTEND MY DEEPEST GRATITUDE TO A
01:37:31 SUPERVISOR CHEN SUPERVISORS SUCH AS SUPERVISOR CHEN FOR
01:37:39 RECOGNIZE RECOGNIZED MY JOURNEY WITH THIS BILL AND AND THE
01:37:47 BOARD AND THE POPULATION 45 YEARS AGO WHEN I LIFE IN SAN
01:37:55 FRANCISCO I LOVE THE CITY IMMEDIATELY FROM THE MOMENT I
01:37:59 STEP ON TO THE STORIES STREET I FEEL CALMNESS AND SO POWERFUL
01:38:10 THAT I KNEW I WASN'T JUST ARRIVING SOMEONE SOMETHING
01:38:14 VALUABLE I WAS COMING HOME. DID THE CITY OF DIVERSE CULTURE
01:38:21 AND THE GREAT COMMUNITY WELCOMED ME.
01:38:25 THEY CHOSE ME AND INSPIRED ME. >> I FOLLOWED THE PATH OF MY
01:38:32 FATHER AND GRANDFATHER. IT'S OF HOLLAND TYPICALLY
01:38:40 THEY'LL LEAVE YOU AS AN AND HELPING OUT OF THE
01:38:43 TRANSITION THE CHINESE MEDICINE AS A FAMILY WE HAVE SERVICE THE
01:38:50 COMMUNITY FOR THIS IMPETUS FOR MORE THAN 60 YEARS VISIONARIES
01:38:59 AND OF PIECES VISIONARIES AND OF PUZZLES, PATIENCE
01:39:03 AND PURPOSE FOR THE BUSINESS OUT AS AN ENTERPRISE
01:39:07 CORPORATION WE HAVE REPORTED THAT IN SUPPORTING LONG KNEW
01:39:14 THE WISDOM BUT THE CULTURAL LOCUS OF LEADING THE OLDER
01:39:23 STYLES THAT LITTLE BIT IS IN STORE IN SAN FRANCISCO SINCE
01:39:27 1972 IS NOT ABOUT COMMERCE BUT CULTURE COGNITION AND THE
01:39:34 CONTRIBUTION MY SERVICE HAS EXTENDED BEYOND THE STOREFRONT
01:39:42 FOR 18 YEARS I HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO SERVE AS THE
01:39:49 CHAIRMAN OF OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
01:39:56 >> I FIND THAT THE YOUNG UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE
01:40:01 YOU AS A CAMPUS TO EMPOWER FUTURE GENERATIONS WITH A
01:40:08 FORMAL EDUCATION I POLITY ACTIVITIES THE FIRST TIME THIS
01:40:15 IS AN EXHIBITION HALL WHY IN THE HEART OF OF CHARLOTTE
01:40:22 TOWN LOCATED ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE CHINATOWN POST
01:40:26 OFFICE SERVING THE COMMUNITY AND THE VISITORS TO LEARN THE
01:40:33 BENEFIT OF CHINESE MEDICINE MY CONTRIBUTION TO THE COMMUNITY
01:40:40 COULD NOT BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT THOSE WHO STOOD BESIDE ME.
01:40:45 I'VE BEEN TO MY COLLEAGUES, MY MENTORS, MY FRIENDS AND SPECIAL
01:40:52 MY FAMILY, MY WIFE SUE AND MY BROTHER EVERYONE AND AND TOO
01:41:00 MANY GOOD FRIENDS. THAT'S A LIE.
01:41:01 SORRY. AND JOSEPH AND TAMMY AND TRINI
01:41:08 AND NANCY AND DENNIS THEY ARE A VERY COULD BEEN WITHOUT THEIR
01:41:11 SUPPORT. WITHOUT THEIR SUPPORT.
01:41:15 I DON'T THINK SO. I COULD I COULD THEN REACH THIS
01:41:19 POINT TODAY THAT CAN ALLOW THEY BE A CELEBRATION NOT ONLY OF
01:41:30 MEN AND WOMEN STORY BUT THE CITY'S BEAUTIFUL STORY OF
01:41:33 IMMIGRANT WITH SILENCE, CULTURAL RICHNESS AND HARMONY.
01:41:41 THANK YOU FOR THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART.
01:41:45 THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE SUPERVISORS AGAIN THANK YOU FOR
01:41:49 GIVING ME ANOTHER BIRTHDAY FROM THIS YEAR AND I JUST THOUGHT
01:41:56 THAT I REALLY REMEMBER AND CELEBRATE ON THE IF EVERY
01:42:03 YEAR FROM NOW AND FOREVER. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOU
01:42:28 AND I THANK YOU SO JUST ONE TWO
01:43:50 AND THREE CUP PENICK COME ON UP .
01:44:06 I FEEL LIKE I'M ABOUT TO HEAR ABOUT A REAL ESTATE DEAL.
01:44:11 >> COLLEAGUES, TODAY I'M PRESENTING A SPECIAL
01:44:14 COMMENDATION TO ANDREW CO PENICK WHO IS RETIRING THIS
01:44:18 MONTH AFTER MORE THAN THREE DECADES IN PUBLIC SERVICE
01:44:21 INCLUDING THE PAST SEVEN YEARS AS SAN FRANCISCO'S DIRECTOR OF
01:44:24 REAL ESTATE SINCE 2018 AND RICO HAS LED A DIVISION OF 300
01:44:30 EMPLOYEES RESPONSIBLE FOR MANAGING MORE THAN 4,000,000FT2
01:44:33 OF PUBLIC FACILITIES AND HANDLING REAL ESTATE
01:44:37 TRANSACTIONS FOR MORE THAN 50 CITY DEPARTMENTS IN A CITY
01:44:41 WHERE EVERY SQUARE FOOT IS HARD FOUGHT AND HARD WON AND RICO
01:44:42 HAS BROUGHT SECRETS THE STRATEGY, CREATIVITY AND AN
01:44:45 UNFLAPPABLE CALM TO SOME OF SAN FRANCISCO'S MOST COMPLEX
01:44:50 AND HIGH STAKES NEGOTIATIONS. UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP, THE CITY
01:44:53 FINALIZED MAJOR DEALS THAT WILL HELP SAN FRANCISCO ACHIEVE ITS
01:44:56 PUBLIC SAFETY, HEALTH, HOUSING AND WORKFORCE GOALS.
01:45:01 HE NEGOTIATED A LEASE AT 1455 MARKET STREET TO ESTABLISH A
01:45:05 MODERN SEISMICALLY SAFE CAMPUS THAT NOW HOUSES 11 CITY
01:45:09 DEPARTMENTS AND PROVIDES THOUSANDS OF PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
01:45:12 WITH A SAFER, MORE FUNCTIONAL PLACE TO WORK.
01:45:15 HE ALSO LED THE CITY'S ACQUISITION OF MULTIPLE PARCELS
01:45:17 TO BUILD A UNIFIED SAN FRANCISCO FIRE DEPARTMENT
01:45:20 TRAINING FACILITY CONSOLIDATING OUTDATED SITES INTO ONE FUTURE
01:45:24 FOCUSED CAMPUS. NOW IN PLANNING AT 1236 CARROLL
01:45:27 AVENUE IN THE BAYVIEW. ONCE COMPLETED THE FACILITY
01:45:30 WILL SERVE 1700 FIREFIGHTERS AND STRENGTHEN THE CITY'S
01:45:32 EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FOR DECADES TO COME.
01:45:36 AND RICO'S CONTRIBUTIONS DON'T ALWAYS MAKE HEADLINES BUT
01:45:39 THEY'RE ESSENTIAL TO THE WORK OF CITY GOVERNMENT.
01:45:42 HE'S HELPED BUILD THE PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE THAT ENABLES OUR
01:45:44 DEPARTMENTS TO SERVE THE PUBLIC MORE EFFECTIVELY, EFFICIENTLY
01:45:46 AND EQUITABLY. BEFORE BECOMING DIRECTOR,
01:45:50 ENRICO SERVED AS DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE CITY'S REAL
01:45:51 ESTATE DIVISION, DEPUTY GENERAL COUNSEL OF THE SAN FRANCISCO
01:45:54 REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY AND CHIEF REAL ESTATE COUNSEL FOR THE
01:45:58 CITY OF ALAMEDA WHERE HE PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN TRANSFORMING THE
01:46:02 FORMER FORMER NAVAL AIR STATION INTO WHAT IS NOW ALAMEDA POINT
01:46:05 A SKILLED ATTORNEY AND STRATEGIC THINKER AND RICO
01:46:09 HAS CONSISTENTLY BROUGHT LEGAL RIGOR AND PRAGMATISM TO HIS
01:46:13 PUBLIC SERVICE. A NAVY VETERAN AND AND RICO
01:46:17 BEGAN HIS LEGAL CAREER IN THE JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERAL JUDGE
01:46:20 ADVOCATE GENERAL'S CORPS REPRESENTING THE FEDERAL
01:46:22 GOVERNMENT AS A PROSECUTOR AND PROVIDING DEFENSE COUNSEL
01:46:25 FOR SAILORS AND MARINES. HE WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED
01:46:31 WITH WITH THE RANK OF LIEUTENANT COMMANDER.
01:46:33 HE HOLDS A JURIS DOCTOR FROM GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
01:46:37 LAW SCHOOL AND A BACHELOR'S DEGREE FROM THE GEORGE
01:46:40 WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN WASHINGTON DC.
01:46:41 >> THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER ENRICO HAS BEEN KNOWN FOR HIS NO
01:46:45 NONSENSE APPROACH AND METICULOUS ATTENTION TO
01:46:47 DETAIL. HE'S ALSO BEEN A GRACIOUS
01:46:48 AND GENEROUS COLLEAGUE NO MATTER HOW COMPLICATED THE
01:46:51 TASK. HE WORKS BEHIND THE SCENES
01:46:52 NEGOTIATING COMPLEX DEALS, MODERNIZING CITY FACILITIES
01:46:56 AND ENSURING PUBLIC SERVICE. >> PUBLIC SERVANTS HAVE SAFE
01:47:00 FUNCTIONAL SPACES IN WHICH TO DO THEIR JOBS AND THAT'S MADE A
01:47:04 REAL AND LASTING IMPACT FOR SAN FRANCISCO.
01:47:07 I FEEL FORTUNATE TO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO WORK A LITTLE BIT WITH
01:47:08 HIM AND I'M DEEPLY GRATEFUL FOR THE LEADERSHIP, PROFESSIONALISM
01:47:11 AND WISE COUNSEL ALONG THE WAY. WE'RE GOING TO MISS YOU
01:47:15 AND RICO, BUT YOUR RETIREMENT IS WELL-EARNED AND WELL
01:47:19 DESERVED. >> AND WE'LL JUST HAVE TO IT
01:47:22 UP SOMEHOW. SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES WOULD
01:47:25 ALSO LIKE TO SAY SOME NICE THINGS ABOUT YOU.
01:47:26 SUPERVISOR CHANDLER THANK YOU PRESENT A MAN DOMIN DIRECTOR OF
01:47:30 HENIG AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR WORK.
01:47:33 THERE WERE TIMES I THINK THERE WERE TIMES ME AS BUDGET CHAIR
01:47:37 PUT YOU THROUGH SOME TOUGH SITUATION AND SOME TOUGH
01:47:40 QUESTIONING. YOU JUST KEPT GOING AND VERY
01:47:48 EVEN HERE WITH YOUR PRESENTATION THE ANSWER
01:47:52 QUESTION LIKE IT IS I THINK THERE WERE TIMES EVEN MY OUR
01:47:56 FORMER BOARD PRESIDENT AARON PESKIN GAVE YOU A HARD TIME.
01:48:00 AND YOU KNOW, EVEN THE FORMER VICE CHAIR SUPERVISOR AZAR
01:48:04 SAFAI ALSO GAVE YOU A HARD TIME AND TIME AND TIME AGAIN WE
01:48:08 QUESTION YOU AND WE CHALLENGED YOU.
01:48:12 >> BUT YOU KEPT YOU KEPT IT TOGETHER.
01:48:16 YOU EXPLAIN WHERE YOU WERE COMING FROM BUT YOU ALSO WERE
01:48:20 OPEN MINDED. YOU ACTUALLY UNDERSTOOD THAT
01:48:23 POLICYMAKERS AT TIMES WE WE MAKE COMMENTS AND WE PUSH BACK.
01:48:28 BUT YOU YOU UNDERSTOOD WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO DO AND THAT WE
01:48:32 CAME TOGETHER AND WITH THOSE BACK AND FORTH I WANT TO SAY
01:48:35 CONSISTENTLY YOU REALLY SERVE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF SAN
01:48:39 FRANCISCANS YOUR SERVICE AT LEAST FOR ME BOTH ON A PERSONAL
01:48:46 AND A PROFESSIONAL LEVEL. WELL WORK HARD AND WE'RE JUST
01:48:50 SO GRATEFUL BECAUSE OF YOUR SERVICE.
01:48:54 SAN FRANCISCO AS A CITY GOVERNMENT AND AS A CITY HAS
01:48:55 MADE REALLY SOUND FINANCIAL DECISIONS FOR OUR CITY BOTH
01:49:02 IN OUR ASSET MANAGEMENT BUT ALSO IN OUR DECISION MAKING
01:49:05 BOTH FOR THE PAST GENERATION AND IN BUILDING THAT FOUNDATION
01:49:09 FOR THE GENERATIONS TO COME. AND SO WE'RE REALLY I CONCUR
01:49:13 WITH PRESIDENT AMANDO AND WE WILL MISS YOU.
01:49:17 I MISS NOT JUST YOUR PERSONAL LIKE YOUR PROFESSIONAL SKILLS
01:49:24 AND EXPERIENCE BUT ALSO YOUR PERSONAL CITY YOU KNOW JUST HOW
01:49:29 YOU'RE CONSISTENT ABOUT IT AND WE ALSO GRATEFUL HOW YOU
01:49:32 ALWAYS WORK WITH THE BUDGET AND LEGISLATIVE ANALYST AND AND
01:49:36 AND WITH US AND MAKING IT WORK .
01:49:40 >> SO THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR WALTON THANK YOU
01:49:43 PRESIDENT MAN AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU DIRECTOR PINNICK
01:49:47 FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK. >> I THINK I ONE YOU ALWAYS
01:49:51 HAVE THE ANSWER TO A LOT OF PROBLEMS THAT NEED TO BE SOLVED
01:49:55 PARTICULARLY AROUND WHAT TO DO WITH FACILITIES, HOW TO BENEFIT
01:49:59 THE CITY WITH THE FACILITIES THAT ARE AVAILABLE AND YOU KNOW
01:50:06 YOU ALWAYS WORK TOWARDS A YES YOU DON'T COME IN HERE AND AND
01:50:10 SAY THINGS ARE NOT POSSIBLE BUT I REALLY WANT TO APPRECIATE YOU
01:50:14 FOR THE FACT THAT YOU ALSO CONNECT WITH COMMUNITY AND YOU
01:50:18 LED COMMUNITY GROUPS AND MEMBERS OF COMMUNITY HAVE
01:50:21 CONVERSATIONS WITH YOU SO THEY CAN LEARN HOW TO BE SUCCESSFUL
01:50:25 IN SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY WANT TO DO WITH CITY BUILDINGS
01:50:29 AS WELL. SO I WANT TO JUST APPRECIATE
01:50:30 YOU FOR THAT AND NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE IN YOUR ROLE WILL ALLOW
01:50:34 THAT OPPORTUNITY AND HAVE THOSE CONVERSATION WITH PEOPLE
01:50:37 IN COMMUNITY. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL
01:50:38 OF YOUR SERVICE OVER THE YEARS LIKE PRESIDENT MANDELA AND I
01:50:41 WILL DEFINITELY MISS YOU AND YOUR WORK AND THANK YOU FOR
01:50:49 ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED.
01:50:50 OBVIOUSLY IN MY DISTRICT ONE OF WHICH PRESIDENT MAILMAN SPOKE
01:50:53 ABOUT AND I'LL BE TALKING ABOUT A LITTLE LATER BUT JUST
01:50:57 DEFINITELY APPRECIATE YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR SERVICE.
01:51:00 >> THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR MELGAR THANK YOU
01:51:03 PRESIDENT MANDELA AND THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS AND RICO, I AM
01:51:07 GOING TO MISS YOU. >> IN ADDITION TO THE THINGS
01:51:12 THAT MY COLLEAGUES HAVE SAID, I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT WHAT A
01:51:15 CREATIVE THINKER YOU ARE AND THAT'S NOT THOSE WORDS ARE
01:51:19 NOT OFTEN ATTACHED TO LIKE REAL ESTATE AND MANAGEMENT, YOU
01:51:24 KNOW. >> BUT YOU EMBODY THAT TO
01:51:27 SUPERVISOR WALTON'S COMMENTS YOU ALWAYS COME TO THE TABLE
01:51:34 WITH A PROBLEM SOLVING APPROACH BUT IT'S MORE THAN JUST LIKE
01:51:38 YOUR KNOWLEDGE, YOUR TECHNICAL SKILLS IT'S ALSO YOUR
01:51:39 CREATIVITY OF CONNECTING THE DOTS ACROSS DIFFERENT AREAS
01:51:45 IN NOT JUST YOUR DEPARTMENT BUT EVERYONE ELSE.
01:51:49 I HAVE REALLY APPRECIATED YOUR SUPPORT ON ANY NUMBER OF ISSUES
01:51:54 DURING MY WORK IN MY DISTRICT BUT ALSO SEEING YOU SOLVE SO
01:51:58 MANY OF OUR ISSUES AS A CITY FOR OUR CITY GOVERNMENT AND I
01:52:05 HAVE JUST SO APPRECIATED YOUR ENORMOUS BRAIN AND YOUR
01:52:06 CREATIVITY AND I HOPE THAT WHOEVER STEPS INTO YOUR ROLE
01:52:12 DOES IT WITH AS MUCH GRACE AND I KNOW THAT YOUR COWORKERS
01:52:16 LOVE YOU SO WE'RE NOT THE ONLY ONES THAT ARE GOING TO MISS YOU
01:52:21 BUT I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST IN THIS NEXT STEP IN YOUR LIFE.
01:52:24 >> THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE FOR US.
01:52:27 SUPERVISOR MELGAR IT IS HURTFUL THAT YOU THINK THAT REAL ESTATE
01:52:29 LAWYERS ARE NOT CREATIVE AND RICO PANIC.
01:52:45 >> PRESIDENT VANDEMAN MADAM CLERK SUPERVISORS ENRICO PENICK
01:52:50 DIRECTOR OF REAL ESTATE. WELL AT LEAST FOR ANOTHER TWO
01:52:56 DAYS I AM A BIT OVERWHELMED MAN AND THANK YOU FOR THIS HONOR.
01:53:00 IT WAS UNEXPECTED. I CONSIDER MYSELF JUST TO BE A
01:53:04 RUN OF THE MILL PUBLIC SERVANT AND I COME TO WORK, I DO MY JOB
01:53:08 AND I DON'T REALLY EXPECT ALL OF THIS BUT IT IS MUCH
01:53:12 APPRECIATE IT. I HAVE TO SAY THAT IT'S BEEN IT
01:53:16 IS WITH EXCITEMENT AND SADNESS THAT I TAKE THIS NEXT STEP
01:53:19 AND RETIRE FROM CITY EMPLOYMENT .
01:53:22 THE DIRECTOR OF REAL ESTATE POSITION HAS BEEN ONE OF THE
01:53:24 HARDEST JOBS I'VE EVER HAD BUT IT'S ALSO BEEN EXTREMELY
01:53:27 REWARDING. THE CITY'S REAL ESTATE NEEDS
01:53:30 IN ITS PORTFOLIO ARE CONSTANTLY CHANGING.
01:53:34 I AM PROUD TO HAVE PLAYED A SMALL PART IN MEETING THE
01:53:37 CITY'S REAL ESTATE NEEDS. I AM THANKFUL FOR THE
01:53:38 EXPERIENCE AND APPRECIATE WORKING WITH EACH AND EVERY ONE
01:53:42 OF YOU. MANY OF MY STAFF ARE WATCHING
01:53:45 ON S.F. GOV TV RIGHT NOW. THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE LUXURY OF
01:53:49 BEING ABLE TO COME TO THE CHAMBERS.
01:53:53 AND I WANTED TO GIVE THEM A SHOUT OUT BECAUSE WITHOUT THE
01:53:57 EXCELLENT STAFF OF THE REAL ESTATE DIVISION AND THAT OF MY
01:53:58 SUCCESS IN THIS ROLE WOULD HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE.
01:54:01 >> I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND THANK MY WIFE CATHERINE WHO
01:54:07 IS IN THE AUDIENCE FOR HER LOVE, SUPPORT AND PATIENCE.
01:54:12 >> THIS ISN'T THE END OF MY JOURNEY.
01:54:16 I'M SURE THERE'S ANOTHER CHALLENGE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY
01:54:19 ON THE HORIZON AND I'LL BE READY FOR IT WHEN IT COMES.
01:54:24 >> BUT FOR NOW I WANT TO TAKE THIS PAUSE AND ENJOY A
01:54:28 WELL-DESERVED BREAK. >> THANK YOU ALL.
01:54:31 I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU AND I'M GOING TO INVITE YOU TO COME
01:54:38 INTO THE WELL
01:56:14 AND ALL RIGHT, FRIENDS, WE'RE ONLY AN HOUR BEHIND.
01:56:19 >> MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL OUR 3 P.M. SPECIAL ORDER
01:56:26 ITEMS? >> 56 THROUGH 59 COMPRISE THE 3
01:56:29 P.M. SPECIAL ORDER ITEM 56 IS THE PUBLIC HEARING OF PERSONS
01:56:33 INTERESTED IN THE DECISION OF PUBLIC WORKS DATED JUNE 25TH
01:56:37 2025 TO APPROVE A TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP FOR A THREE LOT
01:56:41 SUBDIVISION AT 1979 MISSION STREET.
01:56:44 ITEM 57 IS THE MOTION THAT APPROVES THE PUBLIC WORKS
01:56:47 DECISION AND APPROVES THE TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP.
01:56:50 >> ITEM 58 IS THE MOTION TO CONDITIONALLY DISAPPROVE THE
01:56:54 PUBLIC WORKS DECISION AND DISAPPROVE THE TENTATIVE
01:56:58 PARCEL MAP BASED UPON THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ADOPTING A
01:57:01 WRITTEN FINDING FINDINGS IN SUPPORT OF THE DISAPPROVAL
01:57:07 ITEM 59 WOULD BE THAT MOTION TO DIRECT THE PREPARATION OF
01:57:09 FINDINGS. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.
01:57:12 COLLEAGUES, WE HAVE BEFORE US AN APPEAL OF A TENTATIVE MAP
01:57:16 APPROVAL BY PUBLIC WORKS FOR THE PROJECT AT 1979 MISSION
01:57:19 STREET AFTER THE HEARING THE BOARD WILL VOTE ON WHETHER TO
01:57:23 APPROVE OR CONDITIONALLY DISAPPROVE THE DECISION OF
01:57:26 PUBLIC WORKS UNLESS THERE ARE OBJECTIONS.
01:57:31 >> I PROPOSE THAT WE PROCEED AS FOLLOWS WE WILL GIVE UP TO TEN
01:57:34 MINUTES FOR A PRESENTATION BY THE APPELLANTS AND THEN WE'LL
01:57:37 TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT FROM SPEAKERS TWO MINUTES PER
01:57:40 SPEAKER IN SUPPORT OF THE APPEAL.
01:57:41 THEN WE'LL HAVE A PRESENTATION OF UP TO TEN MINUTES FROM THE
01:57:45 CITY DEPARTMENTS. >> THEN WE'LL HAVE A
01:57:51 PRESENTATION OF UP TO TEN MINUTES FROM THE PROJECT
01:57:53 SPONSOR. THAT WILL BE FOLLOWED BY PUBLIC
01:57:58 COMMENT OF UP TO TWO MINUTES PER SPEAKER IN OPPOSITION TO
01:57:59 THE APPEAL. AND FINALLY WE WILL GIVE THE
01:58:03 APPELLANT THREE MINUTES FOR REBUTTAL.
01:58:06 ANY OBJECTIONS? >> I DON'T SEE ANY OBJECTIONS.
01:58:10 ALL RIGHT. SEEING NO OBJECTIONS, THE
01:58:13 PUBLIC HEARING WILL PROCEED AS INDICATED AND IS NOW OPEN.
01:58:17 AND I WOULD ASK THE APPELLANTS TO COME FORWARD.
01:58:21 HELLO MR. SOLOMON. >> HELLO.
01:58:26 ARE YOU NEEDING ASSISTANCE ON THE ON THE TECH?
01:58:31 >> THERE WE GO. THERE WE GO.
01:58:39 GOOD AFTERNOON, PRESIDENT RANDLEMAN FOR THE SUPERVISORS.
01:58:43 BEFORE WE GET STARTED, I JUST WONDERED IF YOU RECEIVED THE
01:58:47 EMAIL ABOUT STRIKING THE FIRST TWO.
01:58:50 >> YES, WE DID. IF YOU COULD JUST ANNOUNCE THAT
01:58:52 ON THE RECORD AND SPEAK INTO THAT MICROPHONE AS BEST YOU
01:58:54 CAN. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
01:58:56 >> SO WITH REGARD TO THIS APPEAL, WE'VE DECIDED TO STRIKE
01:59:03 THE FIRST TWO PORTIONS OF THE APPEAL AND WE'RE GOING TO
01:59:07 CONTINUE WITH THE THIRD PORTION WHICH PERTAINS PRIMARILY TO
01:59:11 SAFETY AND SAFETY OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
01:59:15 >> OKAY. SO HELLO.
01:59:18 MY NAME IS ALI. I LIVE ON CAPP STREET ACROSS
01:59:20 FROM MARSHALL ELEMENTARY. >> I'M A NURSE AT S.F. GENERAL
01:59:23 AND I WORK DAILY WITH NURSES, EMT, SOCIAL WORKERS AND POLICE.
01:59:26 DEEPLY AWARE OF THE AFFORDABILITY CRISIS IN S.F.
01:59:30 I'M ALSO ACUTELY AWARE OF THE HEALTH ISSUES THAT CONCERN
01:59:34 COMMUNITY MEMBERS ACCESSING SAFETY NET HEALTH CARE.
01:59:37 >> I ALSO REPRESENT A GROUP OF NEIGHBORS AND MARSHALL FAMILIES
01:59:41 THE DEFENDERS OF MARSHALL LIVING IN THE IMMEDIATE
01:59:44 VICINITY OF THE PROPOSED 1979 MISSION PROJECT WHO SHARE
01:59:48 CONCERNS ABOUT THE PROPOSED LOT SUBDIVISION AND THE
01:59:52 IMPLICATIONS FOR THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THE
01:59:53 NEIGHBORHOOD ESPECIALLY THE KIDS WHO ATTEND MARSHALL
01:59:56 ELEMENTARY. >> WE APPEAL THIS SUBDIVISION
01:59:59 AND MAP AS THE INTENT OF SUBDIVIDING IN 1979 MISSION
02:00:03 ADVANCES THE PLACEMENT OF AN OVERBUILT PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE
02:00:07 HOUSING PCH BUILDING WITH ASSOCIATED SUBSTANCE AND PSYCH
02:00:10 TREATMENT SERVICES WHICH WILL EXACERBATE THE ALREADY
02:00:12 DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOUND AROUND MARSHALL ELEMENTARY
02:00:15 WHICH SERVES AT RISK STUDENTS INCLUDING IMMIGRANT, HOMELESS,
02:00:18 LOW INCOME AND STUDENTS OF COLOR.
02:00:21 >> STATED SIMPLY IF THIS APPEAL IS DENIED THEN PROJECT SPONSORS
02:00:26 CAN SUBDIVIDE FINANCE AND BUILD PCH AND ASSOCIATED SERVICES
02:00:30 WHICH WILL ENDANGER THE MARSHALL COMMUNITY.
02:00:33 IF THE APPEAL IS UPHELD THAT DANGER WILL BE PREVENTED.
02:00:37 >> AS MARSHALL ELEMENTARY COMMUNITY MEMBERS WE SEEK TO
02:00:38 AMPLIFY THE VOICES OF MARSHALL FAMILIES WHO ARE UNABLE TO
02:00:42 ATTEND THIS HEARING BECAUSE OF THE SUMMER VACATION.
02:00:45 >> WE NEED THE SUPERVISORS TO GO ON RECORD ON WHETHER THEY
02:00:49 SUPPORT A DRUG ALCOHOL AND PSYCH TREATMENT CENTER ON
02:00:53 TOP OF A PRIMARY SCHOOL FULL OF AT RISK STUDENTS.
02:00:56 >> THE DEFENDERS STRONGLY SUPPORT THE CORE PREMISE OF THE
02:00:59 PLAZA 16 COALITION TO EXPAND AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOCUSED ON
02:01:03 WORKING CLASS AND LOW INCOME FAMILIES.
02:01:04 DEFENDERS DEMAND THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IN MISSION HOUSING
02:01:08 GRANT THE APPEAL UNLESS IT CAN SHOW A SUBSTANTIVE
02:01:11 AND TRANSPARENT MANNER HOW THE PROJECT PROMOTES HEALTH
02:01:14 AND SAFETY IN THE CONTEXT OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD NOT AS A
02:01:18 STANDALONE DISCRETE CONCEPT BUT IN THE ACTUAL CURRENT CONTEXT
02:01:22 IN OUR APPEAL. >> DEFENDERS OF MARSHALL WILL
02:01:23 SHOW THAT THE CITY AND ASSOCIATED NONPROFITS HAVE
02:01:27 A POOR TRACK RECORD OF FOLLOWING THROUGH ON PROMISES
02:01:30 TO MITIGATE DANGEROUS IMPACTS FROM THEIR PROJECTS WITH FEW
02:01:33 AVENUES FOR REDRESS WHEN CITY FUNDED NONPROFITS FAIL TO MEET
02:01:37 THEIR OBLIGATIONS. THE SIGHTING OF PCH NEXT TO A
02:01:41 SCHOOL WITH VULNERABLE STUDENTS IS DANGEROUS AS A STUDY SHOWS
02:01:43 IT DRAWS AS MUCH VIOLENT CRIME AS LIQUOR STORES THAT PCH IS
02:01:48 DANGEROUS AT THIS SITE AS IT ENTERS EXPRESSION OF SYSTEMIC
02:01:52 AND STRUCTURAL RACISM THAT WOULD BE UNACCEPTABLE AT ANY
02:01:53 OTHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN S.F..
02:01:57 >> THE MARSHALL COMMUNITY HAS BORNE MANY TIMES OVER THE
02:02:00 BURDEN OF DIFFICULT SOCIAL SERVICES THAT ANY OTHER
02:02:04 NEIGHBORHOOD SAVE THE TENDERLOIN ALSO THAT WE IN OUR
02:02:08 NEIGHBORHOOD HAVE WELCOMED FOR 100% AFFORDABLE BUILDINGS
02:02:11 AND WE SUPPORT MORE MARSHALL PARENTS KNOW RESIDENTS MAKE
02:02:15 GREAT NEIGHBORS. >> ANYONE INCLUDING THE PROJECT
02:02:19 SPONSORS WHO TRY TO WEAPONIZE THE TERM NIMBY IN REFERENCE TO
02:02:23 OUR LEGITIMATE LOCAL CONCERNS OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS
02:02:26 DISINGENUOUS AND IN DENIAL. >> AFFORDABLE HEALTH HOUSING IS
02:02:30 NOT A BINARY OF BEING FOR OR AGAINST CITING PCH HERE IS A
02:02:34 QUESTION OF SAFETY, NUANCE AND PROPORTION WITHIN THE
02:02:38 CURRENT CONTEXT OF THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
02:02:41 THE SUBDIVISION WILL HAVE SIGNIFICANT CONSEQUENCES FOR
02:02:44 THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. ITS LONG TERM HEALTH,
02:02:45 SUSTAINABILITY AND PROSPERITY AS WELL AS OTHER COMMUNITIES
02:02:49 FACING THE SAME TYPES OF PROJECTS IN THE FUTURE.
02:02:53 >> THE NIMBYS HERE ARE THE PROJECT SPONSORS WHO LIVE
02:02:54 ELSEWHERE FORCING UNDESIRABLE LAND USES IN THE BACKYARD OF
02:02:57 BROWN KIDS SCHOOLS NOT THEIRS. >> WITH RESPECT TO THIS PROJECT
02:03:01 YIMBY NOW MEANS YES IN MARSHALL'S BACKYARD.
02:03:05 >> SO WITH REGARD TO HISTORY OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD MARSHALL
02:03:09 NEIGHBORHOOD HAS BEEN DESIGNATED AS AT RISK AND IS
02:03:12 OVERBURDENED WITH MANY SOCIAL SERVICE FACILITIES SOME OF
02:03:16 WHICH NEGATIVELY IMPACT THE COMMUNITY AND WHICH NONPROFIT
02:03:20 OPERATORS INCLUDING THE PROJECT SPONSORS DON'T SECURE.
02:03:23 CURRENTLY 45 AGENCIES AND FACILITIES DIRECTED TO
02:03:27 HOMELESS SUPPORT ARE CLUSTERED WITHIN A THREE BLOCK RADIUS OF
02:03:30 THIS SITE. SUPERVISOR WALDEN AND MAHMOOD
02:03:33 HAVE ALREADY SPOKEN TO THIS. JUST TODAY MARSHALL ELEMENTARY
02:03:38 IS DESIGNATED A SENSITIVE COMMUNITY PER VAGUE AND THE
02:03:41 PROPOSED SB 50 2000 TO RESIDENT SUPPORTED A HOMELESS CENTER FOR
02:03:49 160 FIVE CAP WHICH IS MISSION NEIGHBORHOOD RESEARCH CENTER
02:03:50 BECAUSE THE HOMELESS PEOPLE ARE ALREADY THERE AS SOON AS THE
02:03:54 FACILITY OPENED. THE 100 BLOCK OF CAPP WITH THE
02:03:57 SECTION EIGHT MISSION PLAZA PARKING EGRESS HAS BEEN
02:04:01 CONTINUALLY BLOCKED BY ADDICTS AND HOMELESS PEOPLE SLEEPING
02:04:04 IN THE DOORWAYS. >> IN 2015 THE PROJECT RESPECT
02:04:08 FOR ADDICTS WAS SIGHTED AT ST JOHN'S CHURCH AT 15TH
02:04:11 AND JULIAN. THIS HAS BECOME A MAGNET FOR
02:04:12 DRUG USERS IMMEDIATELY DETERIORATING CONDITIONS AT
02:04:16 15TH AND JULIAN INCLUDING A FIRE AT THE CHURCH.
02:04:19 NEARLY 200 DAYS OF OF MISSION LOCAL REPORTING HAS SHOWN THE
02:04:23 AREA WILL NOT STAY CLEAR AND SAFE UNLESS IT IS
02:04:26 CONTINUALLY SWEPT BY POLICE. >> WE HAVE OUR SLIDES IN APRIL
02:04:33 2024 THE CITY WITH THE SUPPORT OF FORMER D9 SUPERVISOR RONEN
02:04:37 SITED MISSION CABINS AT 1979 MISSION NEXT TO MARSHALL.
02:04:40 OVER THE OBJECTIONS OF THE MARSHALL COMMUNITY THE MARSHALL
02:04:44 COMMUNITY OBJECTED BECAUSE WE HAVE SEEN THAT THESE FACILITIES
02:04:47 ARE MAGNETS ONCE MISSION CABINS WENT IN.
02:04:51 THE CONDITIONS AROUND THE ENTRANCE WORSENED ONCE CABINS
02:04:55 ESTABLISHED GUNFIRE BEGINS AND THE BULLETS KEPT FLYING
02:04:59 AND THE BODIES KEPT PILING UP. ONE OF THE VICTIMS I ACTUALLY
02:05:03 TOOK CARE OF AT THE HOSPITAL THAT DAY.
02:05:06 >> TARGET OF GUNFIRE ENTERS MARSHALL AFTER SHOOTING ON CAPP
02:05:10 STREET. MISSION CABINS STILL CAN'T
02:05:14 SECURE EAST SIDE OF MISSION STREET.
02:05:15 >> ONE PROJECT SPONSOR MISSION HOUSING OWNS LA PHENIX
02:05:19 AFFORDABLE HOUSING AT 1950 MISSION.
02:05:22 ALSO A HOME TO A HEADSTART PRE-K PROGRAM.
02:05:25 >> RESIDENTS OF PHENIX AFFORDABLE HOUSING HAVE ASKED
02:05:29 TO MOVE TO ANOTHER BUILDING BECAUSE STREET CONDITIONS ARE
02:05:30 NO PLACE TO RAISE A FAMILY. HOUSING IS FAILING TO SECURE
02:05:33 THE HEAD START FACILITY AND ADDICTS HAVE INFILTRATED
02:05:37 YOUTH SPACES IN A DESPERATE MOVE TO CLEAN UP THEIR ACT
02:05:42 PRIOR TO THIS HEARING. MISSION HOUSING HAS SCRAMBLED
02:05:46 TO CLEAN UP THE WEST SIDE OF MISSION BETWEEN 14TH AND 15TH
02:05:48 STREETS. THIS HAS ONLY DRIVEN ADDICTS
02:05:49 ACROSS THE STREET AND FURTHER INTO THE AREA SURROUNDING
02:05:53 MARSHALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. >> MISSION HOUSING DID NOT TAKE
02:05:57 CARE TO ARCHITECT THE SIDEWALK FRONTAGE OF 1950 MISSION TO
02:06:01 MINIMIZE THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR BAD ACTORS.
02:06:04 CAN WE TRUST THEM TO DESIGN THE BART PLAZA FRONTAGE IN THE
02:06:06 SUBDIVISION FOR SAFETY WITHOUT HAND-HOLDING?
02:06:09 THE EVIDENCE INDICATES THAT THESE NONPROFITS WILL NOT
02:06:13 SECURE PCH AND THAT PCH WILL THUS BE DANGEROUS TO MARSHALL
02:06:17 STUDENTS. >> CRIME DANGER A STUDY
02:06:20 INTENDED TO DISPEL NIMBY OBJECTIONS TO SITING PCH
02:06:24 SUGGESTED SUBSTANCE TREATMENT CENTERS LEAD TO VIOLENT CRIME
02:06:26 RATES SIMILAR TO THOSE OBSERVED AT LIQUOR STORES.
02:06:29 CITY WOULD NEVER APPROVE A LIQUOR STORE ADJACENT TO ANY
02:06:32 OTHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN S.F..
02:06:33 THE SFPD AND SUCCESSIVE DAYS APPEAR TO HAVE NEVER ADDED DRUG
02:06:40 FREE SCHOOL ZONE ENHANCEMENTS FOR ARRESTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE
02:06:41 AROUND A MARSHALL AROUND MARSHALL AND HAS BEEN OF NO USE
02:06:45 IN SECURING THE SCHOOL. CITING THE SUBSTANCE A
02:06:49 SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT FACILITY NEAR AN OPEN DRUG
02:06:52 BAZAAR CAN BE DEADLY TO THOSE IN RECOVERY IF WE SAW EARLIEST.
02:06:56 EARLIER THIS MONTH WITH THE TRAGIC DEATH OF MELVIN BYLON AT
02:06:59 A GIO FACILITY IN THE TENDERLOIN, MR. BYLON STATED
02:07:03 HE'D RATHER BE IN SAN QUENTIN THAN GO THROUGH REENTRY IN THE
02:07:08 FENTANYL RIDDEN STREETS OF THE TITLE.
02:07:10 >> SADLY, MR. BYLON RELAPSED AND OD'D WHILE IN CUSTODY.
02:07:14 DANGER OF RACISM IS REAL. PCH IS CLUSTERED IN A CENSUS
02:07:18 TRACT WITH HIGHER LATINO POPULATIONS WHICH ONLY
02:07:22 REPRODUCES THE STRUCTURAL RACISM THAT EXISTS.
02:07:26 RACIST TRAUMA DAMAGES YOUTH YOUTH OF COLOR'S BRAINS.
02:07:30 THERE ARE NO RACIAL DIFFERENCES IN BRAIN STRUCTURE BUT THERE
02:07:33 ARE RACIST DIFFERENCES. STRESS FROM BEING VIGILANT
02:07:36 ABOUT EXPERIENCING RACISM CAN LEAD TO ADOLESCENT DEPRESSION.
02:07:40 CHILDHOOD POVERTY EXACERBATES THE IMPACTS OF RACE TRAUMA.
02:07:44 TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCE FROM IMMIGRATION AND ACCULTURATION
02:07:45 STRESSORS EXPERI ENCE OF DISCRIMINATION AND COMMUNITY
02:07:49 VIOLENCE DISPROPORTIONATELY HURT YOUTH OF COLOR.
02:07:52 WITH REGARD TO EQUAL PROTECTION CLUSTERING THESE SERVICES
02:07:56 IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD DOES VIOLENCE TO THE 14TH AMENDMENT
02:07:59 EQUAL PROTECTION CLAUSE? THE CONGRESS OF RACIALLY
02:08:03 QUALITY DESCRIBES LULU'S LOCALLY UNDESIRABLE LANDLORDS
02:08:07 LAND USES IN A WRITE UP OF ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICE.
02:08:10 THE 14TH AMENDMENT HAS BEEN UNDER ATTACK FROM DONALD TRUMP
02:08:12 RIGHT WING SUPREME COURT. >> WILL SAN FRANCISCO STAND UP
02:08:16 TO THESE ATTACKS ON EQUAL PROTECTION UNDER THE LAW OR AID
02:08:19 THOSE IN SEEKING TO UNDERMINE IT?
02:08:22 >> WE SHARE THE GOAL OF A SUCCESSFUL DEVELOPMENT THAT
02:08:24 WILL EXPAND AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR LOW AND MIDDLE INCOME
02:08:27 FAMILIES NOT PCH. DRUG TREATMENT FACILITY THAT
02:08:30 WILL FURTHER ENDANGER MARSHALL OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS ONE OF THE
02:08:34 FEW THAT HAVE WELCOMED AFFORDABLE HOUSING BUT THE
02:08:35 STREAMLINING APPROVALS IS JUST FOR THE SAKE OF STREAMLINING
02:08:39 BENEFITS FOR DEVELOPERS AND IN AND IN THIS CASE AT THE EXPENSE
02:08:42 OF OUR COMMUNITY. >> WE DEMAND DENIAL OF THIS
02:08:46 SUBDIVISION. THANK YOU, SIR.
02:08:48 TIMES CONCLUDED. >> THANKS.
02:08:52 >> THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.
02:08:53 I DON'T SEE COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM COLLEAGUES SO WE
02:08:57 WILL OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENT SPECIFICALLY FOR THOSE WHO WANT
02:09:03 TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THE APPEAL AND IN OPPOSING MOTION
02:09:07 TO THE PROJECT. IF FOLKS COULD LINE UP OVER ON
02:09:12 YOUR RIGHT OF THE ROOM OUR I LEFT AND MADAM CLERK WILL YOU
02:09:16 PLEASE CALL THE FIRST SPEAKER WE ARE SETTING THE TIMER FOR
02:09:19 TWO MINUTES. >> WELCOME YOU.
02:09:22 >> MY NAME IS NAOMI FOX AND I'M A SINGLE MOM OF TWO CHILDREN
02:09:27 WHO ATTEND MARSHALL ELEMENTARY .
02:09:30 I'M ALSO A RESIDENT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
02:09:31 I HAVE RESIDED ACROSS THE STREET FROM MARSHALL AT 15TH
02:09:36 AND CAPPS SINCE MAY 2021. SINCE MY OLDEST STARTED
02:09:37 KINDERGARTEN I HAVE POURED MY HEART INTO THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY
02:09:42 VOLUNTEERING FOR EVENTS AND LEADING THE MARSHALL PTA
02:09:45 AND I'M SO PROUD TO BE A PART OF THIS COMMUNITY.
02:09:48 I'M ALSO VERY INVOLVED WITH MONTHLY NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS
02:09:50 WITH THE HRC REPS ABOUT MISSION CABINS.
02:09:53 WE CAN ALL AGREE THAT THE RATE OF DECAY AROUND 16TH IN MISSION
02:09:57 AREA HAS ONLY RAMPED UP IN THE PAST FEW YEARS.
02:10:00 GANGS OF DRUG USERS NOW CROWD OUR STREETS IN ALLEYS AND DRUG
02:10:05 MARKETS AND FILL OUR SIDEWALKS. IT'S BEEN VERY SCARY FOR ME
02:10:08 ESPECIALLY AS A MOM. EVEN ON THE WAY HERE I SAW A
02:10:12 GROUP OF FENTANYL USERS ON THE FRONT STEPS OF MARSHALL.
02:10:15 THIS IS A VERY, VERY COMMON THING I SEE MULTIPLE TIMES
02:10:18 EVERY DAY. SMALL GROUPS OF DRUG USERS
02:10:19 CLUSTERED ON OUR SIDEWALKS. >> LAST MONTH ON THE MORNING OF
02:10:24 THE ANNUAL MARSHALL FIELD DAY THERE WERE GUNSHOTS ON THE
02:10:27 BLOCK AND THE TARGET TOOK REFUGE WITHIN THE MARSHALL
02:10:30 SCHOOLYARD. MY OWN CHILD COULD EASILY HAVE
02:10:32 BEEN CAUGHT IN THE CROSSFIRE. THAT WAS A CLOSE CALL AND I
02:10:36 BELIEVE THAT ONLY MORE VIOLENCE IS COMING UNTIL THE DRUG
02:10:39 MARKETS ARE SHUT. THE POPULATION SERVED BY THIS
02:10:42 PASSAGE WILL FEED THIS DRUG MARKET AND HOUSING THEM IN THAT
02:10:46 CHAOS IS TRULY A DISSERVICE TO THOSE SEEKING RECOVERY.
02:10:49 ON MAY 16TH PRINCIPAL NOAH WHO IS HERE TODAY INVITED MATTER
02:10:53 AND MISSION HOUSING TO COME TO MARSHALL TO TALK ABOUT THIS
02:10:57 PROJECT AND THE CAFETERIA WAS PACKED WITH MARSHALL PARENTS
02:11:01 AND STAFF. ONE AFTER ANOTHER PARENTS STOOD
02:11:05 UP AND BRAVELY VOICED THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT THIS PROJECT
02:11:08 AND I SAW HOW MUCH STRESS THIS HAS BEEN PUTTING US ALL UNDER.
02:11:12 AND I FEEL IT TOO. AND IT'S VERY SAD WHEN CHILDREN
02:11:13 DON'T WANT TO WALK TO SCHOOL BECAUSE OF WHAT THEY MIGHT SEE
02:11:16 ON THE WAY THERE. >> I BELIEVE THE COMMUNICATION
02:11:20 FROM THE DEVELOPERS HAS BEEN VERY POOR.
02:11:23 IT TOOK OVER TWO MONTHS TO REPLY TO OUR EMAIL ABOUT THANK
02:11:27 YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. >> WELCOME TO OUR NEXT SPEAKER
02:11:37 . HELLO THERE BOARD.
02:11:37 MY NAME IS TODD. I WAS A FORMER MARSHALL PARENT
02:11:44 AND MARSHALL PTA LEADER. THE PRESIDENT FOR TWO YEARS
02:11:49 AND I WAS VERY HONORED TO DO THAT.
02:11:50 BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE TO CENTER THE NEEDS OF THE
02:11:57 MARSHALL FAMILIES AND THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ALL THE
02:12:00 TIME EXPRESS WHAT DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES THEY HAVE TO
02:12:05 ENDURE TO GET TO SCHOOL TO PROTECT THEIR CHILDREN FROM
02:12:11 SEEING THE THINGS THAT THEY SEE ON A DAILY BASIS.
02:12:15 AND YOU KNOW, I'M VERY THANKFUL THAT THE MAYOR HAS RAISED SOME
02:12:17 OF THOSE CONCERNS AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO EVERYTHING
02:12:24 IN OUR POWER TO, YOU KNOW, CENTER THE NEEDS OF THE
02:12:28 FAMILIES WHO DEFINITELY YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF HOMELESS
02:12:34 FAMILIES AT MARSHALL AND THEY NEED HOUSING AND DEFINITELY YOU
02:12:41 KNOW, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND HOW IMPORTANT
02:12:43 THAT IS AND THAT, YOU KNOW, WE REALIZE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE
02:12:49 CONVENIENT THING TO JUST ACCEPT MONEY FOR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE
02:12:53 HOUSING FOR YOU KNOW, CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY IS NOT
02:12:58 WHAT THE COMMUNITY HAS SAID THAT THEY REALLY NEED
02:13:01 AND THAT'S THAT YOU KNOW, THESE THESE FAMILIES WHO ARE OFTEN
02:13:04 HOUSING INSECURE. AND YOU KNOW I THINK SUPERVISOR
02:13:08 FIELDER FOR HER WORK IN YOU KNOW BRINGING THAT TO PEOPLE'S
02:13:12 ATTENTION BUT I THINK WHEN IT COMES TO THIS PROJECT WE SHOULD
02:13:16 ALSO BE FOCUSED ON THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY RATHER THAN JUST
02:13:21 AN EASY WIN FOR, YOU KNOW, THESE DEVELOPERS.
02:13:24 >> SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
02:13:28 >> LET'S WELCOME OUR NEXT SPEAKER.
02:13:29 JUST A NOTE TO THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN THE PUBLIC
02:13:33 GALLERY IF YOU ARE IN SUPPORT YOU CAN JUST QUIETLY RAISE YOUR
02:13:37 HANDS AND WE HAVE A BOARD RULE THAT THERE ARE NO AUDIBLE
02:13:41 SOUNDS TO INTERRUPT THE PROCEEDING.
02:13:44 >> WELCOME TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. HI.
02:13:45 MY NAME IS MARIANNA AND I'M THE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS COORDINATOR
02:13:48 AT MARSHALL ELEMENTARY WHICH SITS JUST STEPS FROM THE
02:13:52 PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT SITE. I'M HERE TODAY NOT AS AN
02:13:55 OPPONENT OF HOUSING BUT TO SPEAK FOR THE CHILDREN OF
02:13:58 MARSHALL ELEMENTARY CHILDREN WHO ARE ALREADY SOME OF THE
02:13:59 MOST VULNERABLE IN SAN FRANCISCO.
02:14:03 OVER 30% OF OUR STUDENTS AT MARSHALL QUALIFY AS UNHOUSED.
02:14:08 THESE ARE CHILDREN WHO COME TO SCHOOL HUNGRY, TIRED,
02:14:10 TRAUMATIZED. AND YET THEY STILL SHOW UP
02:14:13 TRYING TO LEARN WHAT THEY NEED MOST IS STABILITY, SAFETY
02:14:17 AND SUPPORT. BUT WHAT WE'VE SEEN JUST
02:14:21 OUTSIDE OF OUR SCHOOL TELLS A DIFFERENT STORY.
02:14:23 I HAVE PERSONALLY HAD TO CALL SECURITY WHEN TWO PEOPLE WERE
02:14:27 DEFECATING NEAR OUR FRONT DOORS.
02:14:28 >> I'VE WATCHED CHILDREN BE AFRAID TO WALK ON THE SCHOOL
02:14:31 SIDEWALK BECAUSE OF PEOPLE INJECTING IN FRONT OF OUR GATE.
02:14:37 ONE DAY A HOMELESS MAN WAS IN PLAIN SIGHT OF STUDENTS.
02:14:41 THESE ARE NOT ONE OFF INCIDENTS.
02:14:42 THEY ARE PART OF THE DAILY LANDSCAPE OF STUDENTS WHO ARE
02:14:46 FORCED TO WALK THROUGH. I WANT HOUSING BUT I WANT IT
02:14:50 FOR FAMILIES FOR STUDENTS WHO DON'T HAVE A BED TO SLEEP IN.
02:14:54 >> FOR THE PARENTS WHO WANT TO STAY IN THE MISSION BUT CAN'T
02:14:58 AFFORD TO RENT. THIS PROJECT DOESN'T PROMISE
02:15:01 THAT IT PROMISES PERMANENCE, SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FOR ADULTS
02:15:05 WITH SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND OTHER COMPLEX NEEDS BUT GIVES NOTHING
02:15:09 TO THE FAMILIES IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO ARE ALREADY DOING
02:15:13 EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO SURVIVE. >> I'M ASKING YOU TO PAUSE
02:15:17 AND REEXAMINE WHETHER THIS LOCATION NEXT TO A TITLE ONE
02:15:20 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FILLED WITH TRAUMA IMPACTED CHILDREN IS THE
02:15:24 RIGHT PLACE FOR THIS TYPE OF HOUSING.
02:15:25 WE NEED HOUSING THAT SUPPORTS FAMILIES, NOT ONE THAT RISKS
02:15:29 RETRAUMATIZING OUR STUDENTS. PLEASE DON'T FORGET THE
02:15:32 CHILDREN IN THIS CONVERSATION. THEY MAY NOT BE HERE TODAY BUT
02:15:36 I AM HERE ON THEIR BEHALF. THANK YOU.
02:15:39 >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. WELCOME.
02:15:40 OUR NEXT SPEAKER. IF YOU WOULD PLEASE HOLD YOUR
02:15:44 APPLAUSE. WELCOME, SIR.
02:15:47 >> HI BOARD. MY NAME IS GEORGE AND I'VE
02:15:48 LIVED IN THE INTERMISSION FOR 34 YEARS.
02:15:53 23 OF THEM RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER FROM THE MARSHALL
02:15:54 SCHOOL. AND I WON'T REITERATE WHAT ALL
02:15:57 THE OTHER SPEAKERS HAVE SAID OR THE APPELLANTS HAVE SAID
02:15:59 BECAUSE IT SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. THE NEWS ARTICLES SPEAK FOR
02:16:02 ITSELF. I'VE SEEN IT.
02:16:03 I HAVE EXPERIENCED IT THE FIRST TIME THAT I EVER GOT OFFICIAL
02:16:09 INFORMATION THAT THE PLANS WERE CHANGED TO BUILD AFFORDABLE
02:16:12 HOUSING RIGHT FOR FAMILIES. WAS THIS LETTER FROM DPW?
02:16:16 IT WAS DATED JUNE 25TH. I RECEIVED IT IN THE BEGINNING
02:16:20 OF JULY. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE PROJECT
02:16:24 WAS ALREADY APPROVED BY THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT IN MAY.
02:16:27 I WASN'T INFORMED OF THAT. I WASN'T INFORMED OF ANY
02:16:31 COMMUNITY MEETINGS TO DISCUSS PLANS TO CHANGE THE PLANS FOR
02:16:35 THE PARCEL TO DEVELOP THIS HOUSING FOR DRUG USERS
02:16:39 AND HOMELESS PEOPLE. I WAS INFORMED MOST OF MY
02:16:43 NEIGHBORS WERE NOT INFORMED SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT THAT'S
02:16:47 A LACK OF TRANSPARENCY AND IT'S VERY DISRESPECTFUL.
02:16:50 SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE THE BOARD TO DO IS TO GRANT THE APPEAL
02:16:54 AND GIVE US THE STAKEHOLDERS TIME TO FIND OUT WHAT'S REALLY
02:16:59 GOING ON AND HAVE ACTUAL INPUT INTO WHAT THESE CHANGES ARE
02:17:03 BECAUSE IT INVOLVES US TO IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE DEVELOPERS
02:17:06 AND THE SPONSORS OF THE PROGRAM WHO DO NOT LIVE WHERE WE LIVE
02:17:10 AND THEIR CHILDREN DO NOT GO TO SCHOOL AT MARSHALL.
02:17:14 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
02:17:17 >> ALL RIGHT. I'LL JUST MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT
02:17:21 AS IF THIS IS THE LAST SPEAKER ON BEHALF OF THE APPELLANT OR
02:17:22 THE PROJECT OR WHO IS AGAINST THE PROJECT.
02:17:26 PLEASE COME ON UP AND GET IN LINE.
02:17:28 >> WELCOME, SIR. HI.
02:17:29 GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS NOAH INGBER.
02:17:33 I'M THE PRINCIPAL OF MARSHALL ELEMENTARY.
02:17:35 SETH USD I WANT TO ECHO WHAT MARIANA MY COWORKER THE
02:17:40 COMMUNITY SCHOOL'S COORDINATOR WAS SAYING ABOUT I WANT TO SAY
02:17:47 I AM VERY MUCH FOR I'M A YES IN MY BACKYARD KIND OF PERSON.
02:17:54 AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS CRUCIAL. WHAT I'M MORE CONCERNED ABOUT
02:17:58 IS ABOUT THE HOUSING FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSERS SUBSIDIZED
02:18:04 PEOPLE WITH A HISTORY OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE.
02:18:08 PUTTING THAT NEXT DOOR TO AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL I THINK IS
02:18:15 VERY PROBLEMATIC AND I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE REALITY OF
02:18:19 THAT. I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE HEIGHT
02:18:23 OF THOSE BUILDINGS THAT ARE GOING TO CAST A SHADOW OVER OUR
02:18:27 PLAYGROUND LITERALLY. AND THESE ARE STUDENTS THAT ARE
02:18:33 YOU KNOW, METAPHORICALLY LIVE IN THE SHADOWS AND WE WILL BE
02:18:37 LITERALLY IN THE SHADOW OF THESE TALLER BUILDINGS MUCH
02:18:42 TALLER THAN THE CURRENT BUILDINGS IN THE IN THE
02:18:44 NEIGHBORHOOD. >> BUT IN SHORT, I JUST WANT TO
02:18:52 BE VERY CLEAR THAT I AM FOR PUBLIC HOUSING ESPECIALLY
02:18:55 ESPECIALLY FOR FAMILIES THAT OVER 30% LIKE MARIANA SAID OVER
02:18:59 30% OF OUR FAMILIES AT OUR SCHOOL QUALIFY.
02:19:06 AND I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THOSE SUBSTANCE ABUSE FOLKS.
02:19:10 THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS
02:19:17 . >> EXCUSE ME.
02:19:17 I AM IN SUPPORT OF THIS PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT THE DANGERS THAT
02:19:24 THEY HAVE TO ENDURE EVERY DAY WITH THEIR CHILDREN.
02:19:25 I AM A MOTHER WHO LOST HER CHILD TO HOMICIDE, SHOT 30
02:19:32 TIMES WITH A SEMIAUTOMATIC GUN. SAVING SOMEONE ELSE'S LIFE.
02:19:36 I DON'T WANT NONE OF THESE MOTHERS AND FATHERS THAT ARE
02:19:39 COMING UP HERE AND ASKING FOR JUSTICE AND SAFETY IN THEIR
02:19:43 NEIGHBORHOODS. BECAUSE WHEN WHEN WHEN CHILDREN
02:19:47 ARE KILLED WE'RE COUNTING ON THE SYSTEM TO GIVE THEM HOUSING
02:19:51 SOMEWHERE ELSE BECAUSE OF THE DANGER OF THE RIPPLING EFFECT
02:19:55 OF IT. AND WHO WANTS TO WALK AND TAKE
02:19:59 THEIR KIDS TO SCHOOL IN A DANGEROUS NEIGHBORHOOD?
02:20:02 WHO WANTS TO DO THAT? THESE PEOPLE NEED HELP.
02:20:06 I NEED HELP. >> SO I'M THINKING EVEN NEXT
02:20:10 MONTH IT WILL BE THE ANNIVERSARY OF MY SON'S DEATH.
02:20:11 WHO WAS MURDERED IN SAN FRANCISCO ON SAN FRANCISCO
02:20:15 STREETS. >> SO I ASK FOR ALL THE SUPPORT
02:20:19 THAT THESE PEOPLE ARE ASKING FOR FOR YOU TO SHOW UP AND AND
02:20:23 GIVE US MOTHERS SOME SUPPORT AND SOME FATHERS SOME SUPPORT.
02:20:27 I AGREE WITH YOU. >> THAT ARE THAT ARE HERE
02:20:30 TALKING ABOUT THE SCHOOL THE MARSHALL SCHOOL.
02:20:33 >> I HAD A CHILD THAT WENT OVER TO THAT SCHOOL ALSO AND THE
02:20:37 PAST SHE'S AN ADULT NOW. BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU DON'T
02:20:41 HAVE TO BE TAKING YOUR KIDS TO SCHOOL IN A DANGEROUS
02:20:42 NEIGHBORHOOD. PLEASE HELP THEM.
02:20:45 HELP ME. I'M A MOTHER WHO LOST A CHILD.
02:20:49 SO JUST GETTING UP HERE SUPPORTING THEM AND HEARING
02:20:53 THAT THE FIT NOW AND THE DRUGS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS NOT
02:20:57 GOOD. SO PLEASE THINK ABOUT THEM.
02:21:01 THINK ABOUT ME. I'VE BEEN COMING HERE FOR YEARS
02:21:06 ASKING FOR SUPPORT FOR YEARS. YOU GUYS ARE NEW COMMISSIONERS
02:21:12 . SO NOW I GOT TO GET TO KNOW YOU
02:21:13 AND WHICH IS OKAY. >> I CAN'T LET MY SON'S HIS
02:21:19 DEATH BE NOTHING. SO AND I CONGRATULATE THESE
02:21:23 PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING UP HERE AND ASKING FOR SERVICE.
02:21:27 >> THANK YOU, MS.. BROWN, FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
02:21:28 YES. >> ALL RIGHT.
02:21:31 LET'S HEAR FROM OUR NEXT SPEAKER.
02:21:32 WELCOME. >> GOOD AFTERNOON.
02:21:35 BART GRIFFIN LEE HERE SPEAKING FROM THE HEART.
02:21:39 I'M ACTUALLY HERE FOR AN INTRODUCTION WHICH I ACTUALLY
02:21:43 MAY NOT BE ABLE TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR.
02:21:46 >> I HAVE SOMEWHERE TO BE BUT I DID WANT TO SAY I THINK IF WE
02:21:50 DO APPROVE THIS PLAN AS IS WHICH INCLUDES PERMANENT
02:21:55 SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, THERE'S A VERY GOOD CHANCE IT WILL
02:21:58 CONTRADICT A RESOLUTION THAT WAS ACTUALLY INTRODUCED LAST
02:22:02 WEEK THAT I'M VERY SUPPORTIVE OF WHICH IS ALLOWING FOR
02:22:06 PRIORITY CALLS FOR DRUG USE AROUND PARKS AND SCHOOLS.
02:22:10 >> WELL, THIS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT WOULD BE RIGHT DOWN
02:22:14 THE STREET FROM AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND THERE WOULD BE A
02:22:17 HIGH PROBABILITY OF OF CONTINUED DRUG ACTIVITY ALONG
02:22:21 WITH THOSE LIVING IN PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING IN THAT
02:22:24 DEVELOPMENT. >> GIVEN WE KNOW THE NATURE OF
02:22:29 WHAT'S HAPPENING IN A LOT OF OUR HOUSING TODAY, JUST LOOK AT
02:22:30 THE DATA AND OUR OVERDOSE DEATHS.
02:22:33 >> SO I THINK WE GOT TO RETHINK ABOUT THIS THIS PROPOSAL.
02:22:37 I'M VERY MUCH SUPPORTIVE OF SUPPORT OF AH EXCUSE ME
02:22:40 AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND I WOULDN'T LET THE SHADOW TOPIC
02:22:44 GET IN THE WAY OF BUILDING HOUSING.
02:22:48 I THINK WE SAW WHAT HAPPENED ON FIFTH AND MISSION WHICH IS NOW
02:22:52 A DRUG CRISIS CENTER OR A TRIAGE CENTER SO THAT'S MY
02:22:55 $0.02. I WOULD RECONSIDER THE APPROVAL
02:22:59 TO ELIMINATE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING GIVEN IT'S
02:23:03 DOWN THE STREET FROM A SCHOOL. >> THANKS SO MUCH.
02:23:04 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. BEFORE THE NEXT SPEAKER, IF
02:23:07 THERE'S ANYONE IN THE CHAMBER WHO IS HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF
02:23:11 OF THE APPELLANT OR IF YOU ARE AGAINST THE PROJECT NOW WOULD
02:23:14 BE YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE THE BOARD YOUR COMMENTS.
02:23:18 >> OTHERWISE THIS WILL BE OUR LAST SPEAKER.
02:23:19 WELCOME. YES.
02:23:20 OKAY. IT'S WHAT GEORGE SAYS OVER
02:23:23 THERE ABOUT NOT HAVING A TIME TO FOR THE NOTIFICATION TO
02:23:26 ARRIVE ON TIME TO ANALYZE EXACTLY WHAT'S WHAT'S GOING ON.
02:23:30 >> THAT'S WHY YOU APPEAL THE REST AND THEN YOU HAVE TIME TO
02:23:33 CONSIDER THAT IN FACT THERE IS NO PROB OKAY.
02:23:38 THESE GUYS DRUG ADDICTS ARE NOT A PROBLEM FOR KIDS SPECIFICALLY
02:23:43 THEY ARE NOT THE PEDOPHILES AND PEDOPHILES ARE NOT IN THE
02:23:46 STREETS. SO YOU WORK TOGETHER SINCE YOU
02:23:47 WORK IN PROGRESS IN PROXIMITY OF EACH OTHER, YOU WORK
02:23:51 TOGETHER. YOU ASK THESE DRUG ADDICTS TO
02:23:54 ADD THE KIDS. IN FACT THEY'RE GOING TO LOVE
02:23:55 IT BECAUSE AT LEAST THAT FOR USEFUL AND IT'S DONE YOU NEED
02:23:59 TO WORK TOGETHER NOT SEPARATE YOU KNOW NO RACISM ALWAYS.
02:24:05 >> HMM. IS THIS CLEAR?
02:24:06 YOU APPEAL MEANWHILE JUST TO HAVE TIME TO SEE THE SITUATION
02:24:12 PRECISELY TO SIMPLIFY YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS,
02:24:17 MR. PRESIDENT. >> ALL RIGHT.
02:24:20 PUBLIC COMMENT IN SUPPORT OF THE APPEAL IS NOW CLOSED AND WE
02:24:26 ARE NOW GOING TO HEAR FROM REPRESENTATIVES OF CITY
02:24:28 DEPARTMENTS FOR UP TO TEN MINUTES AND I THINK WE ARE
02:24:30 STARTING WITH A LIST FRENCH FROM PUBLIC WORKS MAYBE.
02:24:41 >> CAN YOU HEAR ME? HI THERE.
02:24:45 MY NAME IS ELIAS FRENCH. I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF ELIAS.
02:24:49 >> CAN YOU SPEAK DIRECTLY INTO THAT MICROPHONE?
02:24:53 >> SURE. IT MOVES SO JUST DIRECTED
02:24:54 TOWARDS. GOT IT.
02:24:56 I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AS
02:25:00 THE CITY AND COUNTY SURVEYOR WHERE THE AGENCY THAT PROCESSES
02:25:05 SUBDIVISION MAP APPLICATIONS IN SAN FRANCISCO.
02:25:08 I'LL GIVE A BRIEF OUTLINE OF THE PROJECTS PROCESS IN THROUGH
02:25:12 OUR OFFICE. WE RECEIVED THE SUBDIVISION
02:25:16 APPLICATION AND TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP ON JANUARY 25TH.
02:25:20 IT WAS DEEMED SUBMITTED WELL CIRCULATED TO CITY AGENCIES
02:25:26 AND APPROVED BY PLANNING. >> ON MAY 28TH 2025.
02:25:33 AT THAT TIME FOLLOWING THAT OUR OF OUR DEPARTMENT AFTER
02:25:37 REVIEWING THE TENTATIVE MAP AND ITS OWN CAPACITY ISSUED
02:25:41 TENTATIVE MAP APPROVAL AT THAT TIME WE NOTIFIED THE NEIGHBORS
02:25:45 AS REQUIRED AND THEREAFTER RECEIVED A NOTICE OF THIS
02:25:49 APPEAL BASED ON OUR REVIEW OF THE SUBDIVISION WHICH PROPOSES
02:25:57 THE SUBDIVISION OF THE EXISTING PARCEL INTO THREE PARCELS.
02:26:04 WE FOUND THAT COMPLIANT WITH THE APPLICABLE RULES AND CODES
02:26:08 . THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT FOUND
02:26:09 IT SIMILARLY COMPLIANT WITH REGARD TO THE GENERAL PLAN LOT
02:26:13 SIZE AND ETC. THE APPELLANT'S LETTER AND THE CONCERNS HERE
02:26:22 RELATE TO THE TYPE OF HOUSING PROPOSED ON THE SITE THE SIZE
02:26:26 SHAPE OF THE BUILDINGS ETC. AND CONCERNS RELATED TO THOSE.
02:26:33 THESE MATTERS AREN'T DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE SUBDIVISION OF
02:26:37 THE PARCEL ITSELF BUT RATHER TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE
02:26:41 STRUCTURES ON THE SITE WHICH IS NOT WHAT THE SUBDIVISION MAP
02:26:46 INVOLVES. THEREFORE I FIND THE IN OUR
02:26:52 OPINION THE CONCERNS RAISED OUR PLANNING RELATED WITH REGARD TO
02:26:57 THE PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION WHICH ARE APPROVED THROUGH THE
02:27:00 PLANNING PROCESS AND BUILDING PERMITTING PROCESS NOT THE
02:27:04 SUBDIVISION PROCESS. I WILL DEFER THE REST OF MY
02:27:08 TIME TO THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT WHO I BELIEVE HAS A
02:27:12 PRESENTATION OR CAN EXPLAIN FURTHER UNLESS THERE ARE ANY
02:27:18 QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME NO QUESTIONS.
02:27:35 >> GOOD AFTERNOON PRESIDENT MADAM AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
02:27:39 MY NAME IS ERIN STAR MANAGER OF LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS AT THE
02:27:42 PLANNING DEPARTMENT. I'LL GIVE A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF
02:27:43 THE PROJECT AND HOW THE SUBDIVISION COMPLIES WITH THE
02:27:47 PLANNING CODE AND THEN ADDRESS THE ISSUES RAISED BY THE
02:27:48 APPELLANTS. THE PROJECT PROPOSES TO
02:27:51 SUBDIVIDE A 57,325 SQUARE FOOT PARCEL INTO THREE NEW LOTS
02:27:56 MEASURING APPROXIMATELY 24,000 718,000 713,800FT2.
02:28:02 >> IT INCLUDES THE DEMOLITION OF AN EXISTING COMMERCIAL
02:28:06 BUILDING AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NINE STOREY RESIDENTIAL
02:28:08 BUILDING WITH 136 UNITS OF SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
02:28:11 >> THIS PROJECT WAS SUBMITTED UNDER AB 2162 WHICH ALLOWS FOR
02:28:17 THE MINISTERIAL APPROVAL OF SUPPORTIVE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS
02:28:21 . THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT
02:28:22 DETERMINED THE PROJECT MET ALL APPLICABLE REQUIREMENTS
02:28:25 AND ISSUED APPROVALS ACCORDINGLY.
02:28:26 THE TENTATIVE MAP WAS SUBSEQUENTLY APPROVED FOR
02:28:29 COMPLIANCE WITH THE PLANNING CODE UNDER PLANNING CODE
02:28:33 SECTION 121. ALL NEW LOTS MUST MEET MINIMUM
02:28:34 STANDARDS FOR AREA WIDTH AND FRONTAGE.
02:28:38 SPECIFICALLY EACH LOT MUST ONE HAVE A MINIMUM OF WIDTH OF 20FT
02:28:43 HAVE AT LEAST 16FT OF FRONTAGE ON A STREET OR ALLEYWAY AND A
02:28:47 MINIMUM AREA OF 1200 SQUARE FEET.
02:28:50 THE PROPOSED SUBDIVISION MEETS ALL OF THESE OBJECTIVE
02:28:54 STANDARDS. I WILL GO AHEAD AND SKIP THE
02:28:57 FIRST TWO CONCERNS THAT THE APPELLANT RAISED IN THEIR
02:28:59 APPLICATION SINCE THEY HAVE WITHDRAWN THEM.
02:29:02 BUT THE LAST ONE THE APPELLANT EXPRESSED CONCERNS ABOUT PUBLIC
02:29:05 SAFETY, HOMELESSNESS AND NEIGHBORHOOD CONDITIONS.
02:29:08 WHILE WE ACKNOWLEDGE THE SERIOUSNESS OF THESE ISSUES,
02:29:09 THEY ARE NOT FACTORS THAT GOVERN THE REVIEW OR APPROVAL
02:29:12 OF A TENTATIVE MAP. SUBDIVISIONS THE SUBDIVISION
02:29:16 DOES NOT CAUSE OR MITIGATE THESE BROADER SOCIAL CONCERNS.
02:29:20 IN SUMMARY THE ISSUES RAISED IN THE APPEAL FOCUS ON THE
02:29:24 BROADER DEVELOPMENT NOT ON WHAT THE TENTATIVE MAP WAS, NOT IF
02:29:28 THE TENTATIVE MAP WAS PROPERLY APPROVED.
02:29:31 THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT HAS DETERMINED THAT THE SUBDIVISION
02:29:34 COMPLIES WITH THE PLANNING CODE AND THE GENERAL PLAN.
02:29:36 NO EVIDENCE HAS BEEN PRESENTED TO INDICATE THAT THE CITY ERRED
02:29:39 IN APPROVING THE TENTATIVE MAP .
02:29:42 WE RESPECTFULLY RECOMMEND UPHOLDING THE PLANNING
02:29:43 DEPARTMENT AND DPW DECISION TO APPROVE THE TENTATIVE MAP.
02:29:46 THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.
02:29:50 I ALSO HAVE MY COLLEAGUE CARLY GROBE HERE WHO CAN ANSWER
02:29:54 QUESTIONS ABOUT THE APPROVAL OF THE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT.
02:29:58 >> THANK YOU. >> I DO NOT SEE ANY HELP.
02:30:09 >> SUPERVISOR FIELDER. THANK YOU.
02:30:12 >> I JUST HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS.
02:30:14 UM, SO FOR FOR DPW WHAT ARE THE CRITERIA THAT PUBLIC WORKS
02:30:20 CONSIDERS IN APPROVING A PARCEL MAP?
02:30:31 >> ELI FRENCH COUNTY SURVEYOR. THE CRITERIA THAT PUBLIC WORKS
02:30:35 CONSIDERS WHEN APPROVING A PARCEL MAP ARE WE REVIEWED THE
02:30:42 TENTATIVE MAP FOR TECHNICAL CORRECTNESS AND THE THE
02:30:46 PROPOSED PARCEL IS ASIAN FOR CONFORMANCE WITH THE GENERAL
02:30:49 PLAN. AND ALSO INTAKE THE COMMENTS
02:30:53 FROM PLANNING WITH REGARD TO THAT CONFORMANCE.
02:30:57 THOSE ARE THE APPROVAL IS LARGELY TECHNICAL AND DOESN'T
02:31:04 HINGE ON ANALYSIS OF THE TYPES OF CONCERNS THAT WERE RAISED
02:31:08 HERE. >> THANK YOU.
02:31:11 AND THEN PLANNING. >> SO YOU PLANNING APPROVE THIS
02:31:19 PROJECT ON MAY 27TH? >> CORRECT.
02:31:22 YES, I BELIEVE SO. >> CAN YOU SPEAK TO THIS
02:31:26 PROJECT'S COMPLIANCE WITH OUR GENERAL PLAN AND SPECIFICALLY
02:31:29 POLICY? 1526 AND PLANNING CODE
02:31:35 SUBSECTION 1A1 POINT 1B4 AS LAID OUT IN YOUR APPROVAL
02:31:39 LETTER. >> I'M SORRY, COULD YOU REPEAT
02:31:57 THE NUMBERS AGAIN? SO SPECIFICALLY POLICY 1526
02:32:00 AND PLANNING CODE SUBSECTION 1A1 POINT 1B4.
02:32:26 >> SO THE WHAT I WANT BEFORE IS RELATED TO COMMUTER TRAFFIC NOT
02:32:31 IMPEDING MUNI TRANSIT OR OVERBURDEN OUR STREETS OR
02:32:34 NEIGHBORHOOD PARKING. >> CORRECT.
02:32:37 SO WE FOUND THAT THE PROJECT AS DESIGNED WOULD NOT DO THAT.
02:32:41 >> OKAY. DID PLANNING APPROVE A WAIVER
02:32:45 FOR USABLE OPEN SPACE FOR THIS PROJECT?
02:32:49 >> I WILL DEFER TO MY COLLEAGUE ON THAT.
02:32:50 THANK THANK YOU. >> YES.
02:32:55 YES WE DID. >> THANK YOU.
02:32:59 AND LASTLY THE DENSITY OF THE PROJECT IS UNDER PLANNING
02:33:03 PURVIEW. HOW DID PLANNING COMPLY WITH
02:33:04 THE STATE DENSITY BONUS LAW IN APPROVING THIS PROJECT?
02:33:13 >> KALI GROVE PLANNING DEPARTMENT STAFF.
02:33:17 THE STATE DENSITY BONUS LAW PROVIDES 100% AFFORDABLE
02:33:20 HOUSING PROJECTS UNLIMITED DENSITY AND UP TO THREE STORIES
02:33:24 ABOVE THE ZONE HEIGHT LIMIT AS WELL AS WAIVERS AND INCENTIVES
02:33:28 AND CONCESSIONS FROM CERTAIN PLANNING CODE STANDARDS.
02:33:31 SO THE UNDERLYING DENSITY OF THE SITE IS ALREADY RELATIVELY
02:33:35 HIGH BECAUSE OF THE FORM BASED ZONING FOR THE PROJECT.
02:33:39 SO A CODE COMPLIANT PROJECT HERE COULD BUILD UP TO 105FT
02:33:42 YOU KNOW WITH CERTAIN SETBACKS ASSUMED.
02:33:46 SO ESSENTIALLY THE PROJECT USED PROVISIONS OF THE STATE DENSITY
02:33:50 BONUS THAT ARE ALLOWED BY THE STATE LAW FOR 100% AFFORDABLE
02:33:56 PROJECTS TO ACHIEVE THE DENSITY.
02:33:57 >> THANK YOU. >> AND THEN I WANTED TO BRING
02:34:01 THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPERS UP FOR A QUESTION.
02:34:07 I JUST WANTED TO ASK A QUESTION ABOUT WHAT OUTREACH TO THE
02:34:12 COMMUNITY HAS BEEN LIKE DURING THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.
02:34:16 >> THEY ALSO WILL BE DOING A WHOLE PRESENTATION ON IT.
02:34:20 >> YEAH WE CAN SAY THAT THEM. DO YOU WANT ME TO ANSWER?
02:34:23 DO YOU WANT ME TO WAIT FOR THE PRESENTATION?
02:34:25 YOU'RE UP. HI.
02:34:27 SAM WAS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF MISSION HOUSING DEVELOPMENT
02:34:28 CORPORATION, OUR PARTNER HERE. >> PLEASE GO AHEAD.
02:34:32 GOOD AFTERNOON, LA RAZA. I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF
02:34:36 MARRIOTT MISSION INCOME ANOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGENCY FROM THE
02:34:43 YEARS BEFORE THIS WAS AN RFQ PLAZA DIOCESE'S MISSION HOUSING
02:34:47 MISSION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGENCY.
02:34:51 >> WE'RE WORKING WITH COMMUNITY TALKING WITH COMMUNITY.
02:34:54 THE RFQ ITSELF WAS INFORMED BY COMMUNITY AFTER DOZENS OF
02:34:59 MEETINGS AFTER IT WAS AWARDED. FOR THE BETTER PART OF TWO
02:35:05 YEARS WE HAD BOTH SMALL AND LARGE MEETINGS.
02:35:09 >> WE HAD MULTIPLE MEETINGS WHICH WERE PUBLICIZED IN THE
02:35:13 PRESS ABOUT THE DENSITY AND THE HEIGHT.
02:35:14 WE HAD A COMMUNITY VOTE OVER THE COURSE OF THREE SEPARATE
02:35:19 MEETINGS. THE COMMUNITY VOTED FOR AS TALL
02:35:23 AND AS MUCH AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR FAMILIES AND HOMELESS
02:35:25 INDIVIDUALS AS POSSIBLE. BUT I DO BEFORE I SEE IT, I
02:35:28 JUST WANT TO SAY THIS ISN'T GOING TO STOP COMMUNITY
02:35:31 OUTREACH. WE PLAN ON HAVING MEETINGS A
02:35:35 LOT BOTH BEFORE DURING CONSTRUCTION AND THEN AFTER THE
02:35:39 BUILDING IS BUILT THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE LIFETIME OF THE
02:35:40 BUILDING. IT'S SOMETHING BOTH MISSION
02:35:43 AND MEDICARE A LOT ABOUT. AND WE HAVE OVER 50 YEARS TRACK
02:35:47 RECORD PROVING THANK YOU. I WOULD ALSO ADD THAT WE MET
02:35:51 WITH THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY AS WELL AND WE ARE COMMITTED
02:35:54 AND TAKE VERY SERIOUSLY THEIR CONCERNS.
02:35:58 >> ANY DEVELOPMENT YOUR SCHOOL CAN BRING YOU KNOW, POSITIVE
02:36:02 AND ALSO DIFFICULT SITUATIONS THAT WE ARE COMMITTED COMMITTED
02:36:06 TO ADDRESSING AND WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT
02:36:10 AREA IS AN ASSET TO THE COMMUNITY.
02:36:15 >> THANK YOU. BACK TO YOU.
02:36:15 PRESIDENT. >> THANK YOU.
02:36:18 SUPERVISOR FIELDER. AND JUST SO I UNDERSTAND KIND
02:36:23 OF ALL THAT'S GOING INTO THIS. >> I MEAN WHAT'S IN FRONT OF US
02:36:27 TODAY IS OH YOU GUYS CAN SIT DOWN.
02:36:32 UH, WE HAVE A WE HAVE A MAP APPEAL.
02:36:36 YOU'VE TALKED TO US SOME ABOUT THE PLANNING APPROVALS OF THOSE
02:36:40 WERE NONDISCRETIONARY, RIGHT. SO THERE WAS NOT REALLY A PLACE
02:36:44 FOR THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT TO THINK ABOUT AS A POLICY MATTER
02:36:48 WHETHER THIS IS A GOOD OR BAD IDEA.
02:36:52 SO THE ONLY DISCRETION ON THE CITY SIDE HERE IS ON FUNDING
02:36:59 WHICH PRESUMABLY THERE IS FUNDING FOR THIS PROJECT BUT
02:37:03 THAT'S NOT FROM ANY OF YOU. RIGHT?
02:37:06 I MEAN KIND OF ADAM TALKS ABOUT BUT I'M NOT GOING TO PUT HIM
02:37:11 IN THE IN THE HOT SEAT. >> OKAY.
02:37:13 OKAY. ALL RIGHT.
02:37:14 THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT.
02:37:18 I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR FOR OUR
02:37:25 DEPARTMENT. >> SO WITH THAT I'LL CALL UP
02:37:26 THE PROJECT SPONSOR TO SPEAK FOR UP TO TEN MINUTES.
02:37:36 >> GOOD AFTERNOON, SUPERVISORS .
02:37:40 MY NAME IS SAM MOSS AND THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF MISSION
02:37:41 HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORP MISSION HOUSING HAS BEEN
02:37:44 BUILDING DEVELOPING AND RUNNING AFFORDABLE HOUSING WITH AND FOR
02:37:48 COMMUNITY FOR OVER 50 YEARS. WE'RE PROUD TO STAND WITH
02:37:51 RESIDENTS FAMILIES AND PARTNERS WHO BELIEVE SAN FRANCISCO
02:37:54 SHOULD BE A PLACE WHERE EVERYONE HAS SECURE, AFFORDABLE
02:37:58 AND SUSTAINABLE HOUSING. I WANT TO START BY THANKING
02:38:02 EVERYONE WHO'S HERE TO SUPPORT AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
02:38:05 THANK YOU. YOUR PRESENCE TRULY MATTERS.
02:38:06 THANKS TO THE CITY AGENCIES WHO HAVE SUBMITTED THEIR REPORTS
02:38:09 ABOUT THE APPEAL. THANK YOU FOR THE COUNTLESS
02:38:13 RESIDENTS, FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS WHO'VE
02:38:16 MADE THEIR VOICES HEARD THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS.
02:38:17 WE'RE HERE TODAY NOT JUST TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF A PARCEL
02:38:21 MAP. WE'RE HERE TO DEFEND THE VERY
02:38:24 IDEA THAT WORKING CLASS AND LOW INCOME FAMILIES WHO ARE THE
02:38:25 BACKBONE OF OUR CITY DESERVE TO LIVE IN SAN FRANCISCO.
02:38:29 THAT THEY DESERVE THE DIGNITY OF A LASTING HOME A HOME THAT
02:38:32 ALLOWS THEM TO HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS
02:38:37 AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO THRIVE IN OUR CITY.
02:38:40 WE'RE HERE TODAY TO DEFEND THE BELIEF THAT HOUSING IS A HUMAN
02:38:44 RIGHT. BUILDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING
02:38:45 IN THE MISSION SHOULD NOT BE CONTROVERSIAL.
02:38:48 IT IS ONE OF THE MANY SOLUTIONS TO A DIRE SITUATION.
02:38:51 IT IS URGENT AND IT IS LONG OVERDUE.
02:38:55 THIS APPEAL ISN'T ABOUT PROTECTING THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
02:38:58 IT'S ABOUT PROTECTING PRIVILEGE.
02:38:59 IT'S ABOUT USING BUREAUCRACY TO BLOCK EQUITY.
02:39:03 IT SENDS A CLEAR MESSAGE TO LOW INCOME AND HOUSING INSECURE
02:39:06 FOLKS IN SAN FRANCISCO. YOU DON'T BELONG HERE.
02:39:10 >> THAT'S WHAT THIS APPEAL IS REALLY ABOUT AND WE SHOULD CALL
02:39:12 IT WHAT IT IS A WEAPONIZATION OF PROCESS IN THE SERVICE OF
02:39:14 EXCLUSION. THIS ISN'T JUST ABOUT TECHNICAL
02:39:18 OBJECTIONS. IT'S ABOUT A FEW INDIVIDUALS
02:39:21 TRYING TO SILENCE THE VOICE OF HUNDREDS OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS,
02:39:25 UNDERMINE THE CITY'S COMMITMENTS AND BREAK PROMISES
02:39:26 MADE TO THIS COMMUNITY. THE APPELLANT IS ARGUING THAT
02:39:30 SUBDIVIDING ONE LOT INTO THREE SOMEHOW HARMS THE COMMUNITY
02:39:34 THAT IS SIMPLY FALSE. THIS IS A BACKDOOR ATTEMPT TO
02:39:37 DELAY DERAIL AND DISCOURAGE THE CREATION OF DESPERATELY NEEDED
02:39:42 AFFORDABLE HOUSING. AND WE CANNOT LET THAT STAND.
02:39:49 AND YET HERE WE ARE EVEN DEEP AFFORDABILITY WITH WIDE
02:39:53 COMMUNITY SUPPORT STILL FACES OBSTRUCTION.
02:39:54 AND THIS SHOULD CONCERN ALL OF US.
02:39:57 THIS MOMENT RAISES AN IMPORTANT AND BROADER QUESTION ONE THAT
02:40:01 THIS BOARD WILL HAVE TO GRAPPLE WITH.
02:40:02 WHAT SYSTEMS NEED TO CHANGE TO PREVENT THE MISUSE OF
02:40:05 PROCEDURAL STEPS TO BLOCK DESPERATELY NEEDED HOUSING?
02:40:09 >> WHAT ARE YOU THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS DOING TO ENSURE
02:40:13 THAT BASIS APPEALS SUCH AS THIS NO LONGER HAPPEN?
02:40:16 WHAT ARE YOU THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ARE DOING TO ENSURE
02:40:20 THAT WE BUILD AND SUPPORT 100% AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN EVERY
02:40:24 SINGLE NEIGHBORHOOD? BECAUSE IF 100% OF AFFORDABLE
02:40:27 HOUSING SUPPORTED BY COMMUNITY PARTNERS DESIGNED TO SERVE
02:40:30 THOSE MOST IN NEED IN A NEIGHBORHOOD DEEPLY IMPACTED BY
02:40:34 DISPLACEMENT CAN'T MOVE FORWARD WITHOUT BEING ATTACKED
02:40:38 AND DELAYED, THEN WHAT KIND OF CITY ARE WE BECOMING?
02:40:39 EVERY DAY OF DELAY HAS REAL HUMAN COSTS.
02:40:43 THERE ARE THOUSANDS SLEEPING ON OUR STREETS EVERY NIGHT.
02:40:46 CHILDREN ARE SLEEPING IN S.F. USD SHELTERS.
02:40:50 FAMILIES ARE OVERCROWDED CONDITIONS DOUBLING
02:40:51 AND TRIPLING UP IN APARTMENTS THEY CAN BARELY AFFORD.
02:40:54 AND GENERATIONS OF SAN FRANCISCANS HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT
02:40:57 THEY CAN GROW UP IN THE CITY BUT THEY CAN'T GROW OLD HERE.
02:41:01 WHILE WE WASTE TIME HERE, THE CRISIS IS JUST GROWING MORE
02:41:03 URGENT. THIS ISN'T THEORETICAL.
02:41:05 THIS CRISIS IS ABOUT REAL PEOPLE, REAL LIVES.
02:41:09 AND THE MARVEL IS PART OF THAT SOLUTION.
02:41:12 AND IF YOU CARE ABOUT ECONOMIC RECOVERY, FAMILY STABILITY
02:41:15 AND REDUCING HOMELESSNESS, THEN BUILD THIS KIND OF HOUSING.
02:41:20 WE NEED IT NOW. ENOUGH DELAYS, ENOUGH
02:41:23 OBSTRUCTION, ENOUGH HIDING BEHIND TRAFFIC AND PERCEIVED
02:41:27 NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER WHILE FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS SLEEP
02:41:28 IN OVERCROWDED CONDITIONS AND SORROWS AND ON GYMNASIUM
02:41:32 FLOORS. TRUE EQUITY MEANS TAKING ACTION
02:41:35 WHEN IT MATTERS THE MOST. AND THIS IS ONE OF THOSE
02:41:39 MOMENTS. AND SO TODAY I ASKED THE BOARD
02:41:40 OF SUPERVISORS TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT.
02:41:43 DENY THIS APPEAL. APPROVE THIS SUBDIVISION.
02:41:47 LET'S BUILD A MARVEL. LET'S BUILD A MORE AFFORDABLE
02:41:49 AND INCLUSIVE SAN FRANCISCO. I WANT TO THANK YOU.
02:41:52 AND NOW PASS IT TO MY COLLEAGUE LAURA GARCIA FROM MICHIGAN
02:41:56 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGENCY. OUR PARTNER ON THE PROJECT.
02:42:02 >> THANK YOU, SAM. GOOD AFTERNOON, SUPERVISORS
02:42:06 AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. MARIA IS A PROUD CO-DEVELOPER
02:42:09 OF LA MARIA THE MARVEL IN THE MISSION.
02:42:11 FIRST I WANT TO REMIND US THAT THIS PROJECT IS THE RESULT OF
02:42:14 OVER A DECADE OF GRASSROOTS ADVOCACY.
02:42:17 TO MEET THE URGENT NEED FOR HOUSING FOR WORKING FAMILIES
02:42:22 IN SAN FRANCISCO, MARIA IS PROUD TO HELP DELIVER OVER 300
02:42:28 UNITS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO THE MISSION A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT
02:42:32 HAS LONG BEEN HOME TO WORKING CLASS FAMILIES.
02:42:38 AND ONE OF THE COMMUNITIES MOST IMPACTED BY DISPLACEMENT THAT
02:42:42 MARIA ALSO PLAYS A CRITICAL ROLE IN HELPING THE CITY MEET
02:42:46 ITS STATE MANDATED HOUSING ELEMENT GOALS INCLUDING THE
02:42:50 REQUIREMENT TO BUILD MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE
02:42:51 NEIGHBORHOODS WELL-SERVED BY PUBLIC TRANSIT.
02:42:55 >> ONLY A FEW STEPS FROM BOARD AND KEY MUNI LINES IT OFFERS
02:42:58 FAMILY DIRECT ACCESS TO SCHOOLS, JOBS, HEALTH CARE
02:43:02 AND OPPORTUNITIES. THIS PROJECT PROVIDES HOUSING
02:43:06 STABILITY ADDRESSES HOMELESSNESS AND ENSURES THAT
02:43:10 LONG TIME RESIDENTS AND THOSE WITH GREATEST NEED CAN REMAIN
02:43:13 IN THIS CITY THAT THEY HELP SUSTAIN.
02:43:17 >> THE MERAVIGLIA IS EXACTLY THE KIND OF TRANSIT ACCESSIBLE
02:43:20 COMMUNITY ROOTED AND EQUITY DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT AND THAT SAN
02:43:25 FRANCISCO MUST PRIORITIZE AT A TIME WHEN HOUSING INSECURITY
02:43:29 CONTINUES TO DISPLACE FAMILIES. WE URGE YOUR SUPPORT TO COME TO
02:43:34 MOVE LA MERAVIGLIA FORWARD WITHOUT DELAY.
02:43:37 >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU FOR YOUR YOUR
02:43:41 COMMENTS. I'LL JUST MAKE A NOTE NO
02:43:42 AUDIBLE SOUNDS OF APPROVAL IF YOU ARE IN SUPPORT JUST WAVE
02:43:45 YOUR HANDS IS SUCH THAT THAT IS AN APPROVED BOARDROOM, RIGHT?
02:43:48 >> MR. PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.
02:43:52 DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR THE PROJECT
02:43:59 SPONSOR? >> SUPERVISOR MELGAR THANK YOU.
02:44:06 >> I JUST WANTED TO HEAR AND I DIDN'T HEAR IT OF THE
02:44:10 PRESENTATION WHY THERE IS A NEED FOR A SUBDIVISION OF THE
02:44:14 LOT. >> WHY IT'S COME BACK UP.
02:44:21 >> GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS KEVIN KETCHUM DIRECTOR OF
02:44:26 HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AT MISSION HOUSING.
02:44:28 IN ORDER TO FACILITATE THE TAX CREDIT FINANCE FOR EACH OF
02:44:30 THESE PARCELS THEY HAVE TO BE INDIVIDUALLY PARCELS.
02:44:34 ALSO TO GET A PERMIT FOR EACH OF THE BUILDINGS YOU WOULD HAVE
02:44:37 TO BE ON ONE PARCEL FOR EACH BUILDING.
02:44:40 >> THAT'S A REALLY TECHNICAL ANSWER.
02:44:44 CAN YOU JUST SAY IT AND LAY LAY TERMS?
02:44:46 YEAH, THREE DIFFERENT BUILDINGS IN ORDER TO QUALIFY FOR THE
02:44:48 FINANCING YOU NEED THEM TO BE THREE SEPARATE.
02:44:51 BUT WHAT'S DIFFERENT ABOUT THE BUILDINGS THAT THEY'RE
02:44:52 INDIVIDUALLY FINANCING DIFFERENT?
02:44:54 >> YEAH, THEY'LL BE INDIVIDUALLY OWNED BY SEPARATE
02:44:56 LLC. SO YOU'VE WORKED AT MAYOR'S
02:44:58 OFFICE OF HOUSING FOR YEARS WHO HAVE AS YOU REMEMBER SOME OF
02:45:00 THESE SETUPS. SO WE HAVE TWO.
02:45:01 WE HAVE TO FINANCE THEM INDIVIDUALLY AND THEY HAVE TO
02:45:03 HAVE THEIR PERMITS INDIVIDUALLY .
02:45:05 >> BUT WHY WHAT WHY ARE THEY DIFFERENT?
02:45:06 THAT MIGHT BE A QUESTION FOR THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AS TO
02:45:10 WHY THEY AFFECT THEIR TAX CREDIT FINANCE THAT WAY.
02:45:11 DOES MO HAVE ANY BACKUP ON THAT?
02:45:14 >> THAT'S ALL I HAVE, MR. MOSS. CAN YOU JUST ANSWER THE
02:45:17 QUESTION? >> WHY ARE THEY DIFFERENT
02:45:18 BUILDINGS? WHY ARE WE NEED THE
02:45:21 SUBDIVISION? >> WELL, THERE ARE THERE ARE
02:45:24 THREE DIFFERENT BUILDINGS AND THREE DIFFERENT PLACES ONE
02:45:25 ON 16TH STREET, ONE ON MISSION STREET AND ONE ON CASS STREET.
02:45:28 >> THEY'LL ALL HAVE THREE DIFFERENT ADDRESSES.
02:45:30 YOU KNOW THEY'RE SERVING DIFFERENT POPULATIONS THAT ONE
02:45:31 WILL BE PERMANENTLY SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AS DISCUSSED AND THE
02:45:35 OTHER TWO WILL BE FOR SENIORS AND FAMILIES MOSTLY FAMILIES.
02:45:39 >> OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
02:45:40 NO PROBLEM. WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR THANK
02:45:41 YOU. >> THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR
02:45:43 MILLER. DON'T GO BACK.
02:45:44 I GOT WELL, MR. MOSS. >> I'LL BE YOU KNOW, I'LL BE
02:45:55 HONEST. I THINK THIS WAS THIS IS SHOULD
02:45:56 BE A PRETTY EASY APPEAL FOR YOU TO WIN.
02:45:58 I THINK ON THE ON THE SIMPLE LEGAL QUESTION I THINK YOU KNOW
02:46:06 THAT PROBABLY THERE'S THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT THE BOARD COULD
02:46:10 DO IF THE BOARD WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THIS PROJECT TO STOP IT
02:46:13 BASED ON A MAP A MAP APPEAL. BUT YOU DID GO FURTHER THAN
02:46:17 MAKING THAT ARGUMENT AND YOU DISCUSSED THIS AS SORT OF AS A
02:46:25 BATTLE BETWEEN PEOPLE OF PRIVILEGE WHO ARE OPPOSED TO
02:46:29 AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD AND PEOPLE WHO
02:46:32 BELIEVE THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS GOOD AND SHOULD BE IN THE
02:46:36 NEIGHBORHOOD. >> AND I DON'T SEE IT THAT WAY
02:46:40 NECESSARILY. >> I MEAN TO TO I DON'T THINK
02:46:45 THIS IS WHERE SUPERVISOR MELGAR WAS GOING BUT BUT ALL THREE OF
02:46:51 THESE BUILDINGS WILL BE AFFORDABLE.
02:46:52 THEY WILL HAVE DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES AND THEY WILL
02:46:55 BE SERVING THE NEEDS OF DIFFERENT POPULATIONS.
02:46:59 >> NOW I DON'T KNOW THE YOU KNOW I KNOW A COUPLE OF THE
02:47:03 APPELLANT'S I DON'T KNOW ALL OF THEM.
02:47:06 I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEIR MOTIVATIONS ARE.
02:47:07 MAYBE THEY HATE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
02:47:08 I SUSPECT THAT'S NOT THE CASE. >> I THINK THERE'S A CONCERN
02:47:13 IN THE CITY RIGHT NOW AND I THINK WE SAW IT EARLIER IN THE
02:47:17 CONVERSATION ABOUT GEOGRAPHIC OR GEOGRAPHIC EQUITY THE REAL
02:47:20 LIFE LIVED EXPERIENCE OF PEOPLE IN NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE WHERE
02:47:24 HOMELESS SERVICES ARE BEING PLACED IS THAT ALL THAT THE
02:47:28 CITY PROMISES THAT THESE ARE GOING TO MAKE THINGS BETTER,
02:47:29 THAT OFTEN THEY DON'T AND I'VE SEEN THAT SOME IN MY DISTRICT I
02:47:36 THINK WE'VE SEEN IT IN OTHER DISTRICTS AND I AM I ACTUALLY
02:47:40 HAVE GREAT GRATITUDE AND RESPECT FOR MISSION HOUSING
02:47:46 AND NOT JUST DID A SMALL SITE PROJECT AND IN MY DISTRICT
02:47:50 THERE'S 12 PEOPLE WHO ARE ABLE TO LIVE IN THERE, YOU KNOW WHAT
02:47:53 THEIR LONG TERM HOMES BECAUSE BECAUSE OF THE WORK YOU'RE
02:47:54 DOING THERE I HEAR GOOD THINGS ABOUT MISSION HOUSING AND THEIR
02:47:57 OPERATIONS AND YOU KNOW, ALL THE TIME.
02:48:00 BUT I AM A LITTLE I MEAN SINCE WE'RE ON THE POLICY QUESTION OF
02:48:05 THIS WHEN I LOOK AT 16TH AND MISSION WHICH IS ONE OF THE
02:48:09 MAYORS VERY TOP PRIORITIES IN TERMS OF AREAS THAT NEED TO
02:48:13 GET CLEANED UP AND I HEAR THE REAL LIVE CONCERN FROM PEOPLE
02:48:17 WHO SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN AND MIGHT NOT BE ALL HOMELESS
02:48:23 FACILITIES BUT CERTAINLY SOME HOMELESS FACILITIES OR DRUG
02:48:25 RELATED FACILITIES DO SEEM TO MAKE THINGS WORSE LIKE WITH
02:48:31 WHAT CONFIDENCE AND WHY SHOULD THESE PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT THIS
02:48:35 WILL BE ONE OF THOSE CASES WHERE THINGS DON'T GET WORSE?
02:48:39 I MEAN ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THE THE ACTUAL APPEAL OR I MEAN I
02:48:44 WOULD HAPPILY YOU KNOW, I, I LOOK I GUESS YOUR STATEMENT WAS
02:48:49 ABOUT THE MOTIVATIONS. PEOPLE ARE WRONG.
02:48:50 I CAN SAY WITH CONFIDENCE THAT THE SUPPORTIVE HOUSING INDUSTRY
02:48:55 IS LEARNING AND GETTING BETTER THE BUDGET FOR OUR BUILDING
02:48:59 WILL BE MUCH MORE WITH MUCH MORE WRAPAROUND SERVICES THAN
02:49:02 EVER BEING BUILT. >> I WOULD ASK WHAT ELSE YOU
02:49:06 WOULD HAVE US DO THAN HOUSE HOMELESS PEOPLE.
02:49:07 I STAND BY MISSION HOUSING I STAND BY MISSION ECONOMIC
02:49:11 DEVELOPMENT AGENCY MORE THAN ANYTHING I STAND BY THE DECADE
02:49:14 AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE FROM THE MISSION WHO HAVE CALLED FOR
02:49:18 THESE BUILDINGS AT THESE INCOME LEVELS WE MISSION HOUSING
02:49:21 AND HEAT. >> I DO NOT PLAN ON MAKING
02:49:26 ANYTHING WORSE. WE PLAN ON MAKING AS MUCH
02:49:30 BETTER AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. >> BUT I CAN'T YOU KNOW, I
02:49:34 DON'T HAVE A ONE TO GO TO THE FUTURE TO PROVE IT.
02:49:37 BUT YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALSO OPEN TO ANY SUPPORT THE CITY OF SAN
02:49:41 FRANCISCO, DPW, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE BOARD OF
02:49:42 SUPERVISORS WANT TO PROVIDE FOR THE CURRENT STATE OF THE
02:49:46 STREETS BECAUSE THAT'S NOT PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING IS
02:49:48 NOT. SUPERVISOR ONE THANK YOU.
02:49:52 PRESIDENT I, I WASN'T GOING TO CHIME IN.
02:49:55 I WAS GOING TO STICK TO THE INTENT OF THE HEARING.
02:49:58 >> BUT SINCE WE'RE HAVING A GENERAL CONVERSATION NOW I DO
02:50:02 JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THIS SITE HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT
02:50:10 COMMUNITY HAS BEEN FIGHTING FOR FOR SO MANY YEARS.
02:50:14 I MEAN PRIOR TO MY ELECTION TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, PRIOR
02:50:19 TO MY ELECTION TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND THERE WERE
02:50:22 OTHER PROJECTS PROPOSED AT THIS SITE THAT COMMUNITY FOUGHT
02:50:26 AGAINST AND MOST CERTAINLY THEY SHOULD HAVE.
02:50:29 AND THEN COMMUNITY CAME TOGETHER TO GET A SITE WHERE
02:50:33 WE'RE GOING TO SEE ALL AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
02:50:37 >> TO ME THAT IS ONE OF THE MOST WONDERFUL THINGS THAT CAN
02:50:41 HAPPEN IN THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO IS TO GET A
02:50:46 SITE THAT IS 100% AFFORDABLE, PARTICULARLY WHEN WE KNOW ALL
02:50:50 OF THE PRIOR ISSUES AROUND THE DEVELOPER AND WHAT WAS GOING TO
02:50:54 BE PROPOSED AT THIS SITE. I WENT AND HAD SEVERAL
02:51:00 CONVERSATIONS. OBVIOUSLY IT'S A DIFFERENT
02:51:01 SCHOOL COMMUNITY NOW BUT MOST CERTAINLY SPENT TIME WITH
02:51:04 PARENTS AND FAMILIES AT MARSHALL AT THAT TIME.
02:51:08 BUT THE REALITY OF IT IS WE NEED MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING
02:51:12 IN SAN FRANCISCO. WE NEED MORE PERMANENT
02:51:15 SUPPORTIVE HOUSING IN SAN FRANCISCO.
02:51:19 AND THERE ARE SEVERAL WAYS TO MITIGATE ALL CONCERNS THAT HAVE
02:51:24 BEEN BROUGHT UP FROM THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY AS WELL AS ANY
02:51:28 COMMUNITY. BUT I KNOW THAT THERE'S
02:51:31 OVERWHELMING SUPPORT EXCUSE ME FOR THIS PROJECT.
02:51:36 THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.
02:51:39 WITH THAT WE WILL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT IN SUPPORT OF OF OF THE
02:51:46 OPPOSITION TO THE APPEAL AND IN SUPPORT OF THE PROJECT.
02:51:52 IF YOU WOULD LINE UP ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE CHAMBER
02:51:57 NEAR THE CURTAINS. LET'S HEAR FROM OUR FIRST
02:51:59 SPEAKER. >> COME ON UP.
02:52:03 >> WE'RE SETTING THE TIMER FOR TWO MINUTES.
02:52:14 >> YES, PROCEED. HI THERE.
02:52:15 MY NAME IS CONOR ALLEN, LONG TIME RESIDENT, FIRST TIME
02:52:19 SPEAKER TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
02:52:22 I'M HERE BECAUSE I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE COST OF
02:52:25 BUREAUCRATIC DELAY. >> I'M BORN AND RAISED IN THE
02:52:29 BAY AREA RESIDENT OF THE MISSION 16TH STREET AND BART IS
02:52:33 MY BART STATION. AND WE DESERVE BETTER THAN AN
02:52:37 ABANDONED WAL-MART. THE ALTERNATIVE TO BUILDING
02:52:40 SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO HOUSE PEOPLE AND SUPPORT PEOPLE IS AN
02:52:44 EMPTY STOREFRONT AND AN EMPTY PARKING LOT THAT BECOMES A
02:52:46 PLACE FOR THESE ISSUES TO GET WORSE.
02:52:52 I DEEPLY CARE FOR THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE THEIR CHILDREN IN THE
02:52:57 CITY. I HOPE TO BE SOMEONE WHO CAN
02:52:58 LIVE IN THE CITY AND RAISE MY KIDS HERE.
02:53:01 >> WE ARE GOING TO BE MORE CAPABLE OF MAKING THE CITY A
02:53:05 SAFE PLACE OF HOUSING PEOPLE WITH A AFFORDABLE HOUSING
02:53:08 DEVELOPMENT AT THIS LOCATION RATHER THAN AN EMPTY WALGREENS
02:53:16 SORRY EMPTY WALGREENS THAT THE POLICE HAVE TO SORT OF SKIRT
02:53:20 AROUND THE EDGES AND CONSTANTLY SWEEP UP AFTER SAN FRANCISCO
02:53:24 NEEDS PEOPLE WHO LOVE IT. MISSION HOUSING IS A GROUP OF
02:53:28 PEOPLE WHO LOVE THIS CITY AND LOVE MEANS A LOT MORE WITH
02:53:31 ACTION AND BUILDING THE SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, BUILDING
02:53:32 THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT INCLUDES SUPPORT FOR FAMILIES
02:53:36 IS THAT ACTION THAT WE NEED AND THE BUREAUCRATIC DELAY IS
02:53:40 GOING TO CONTINUE THE PROCESS THAT WE HAVE SEEN WHICH IS THE
02:53:47 DECAY OF THE STORY. >> THANK YOU.
02:53:54 >> THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER.
02:53:57 HELLO, MY NAME IS NICK ROETHLISBERGER.
02:53:59 I LIVE IN THE MISSION AND I CAN'T THINK OF A REASON THAT
02:54:03 YOU I MEAN THIS IS THE PERFECT PLACE.
02:54:07 THERE'S 300 AFFORDABLE UNITS ON TOP OF A BART STATION IN THE
02:54:10 HEART OF THE CITY. YOU KNOW, FOR YEARS PEOPLE HAVE
02:54:14 COMPLAINED WELL, WE DON'T WANT MARKET RATE HOUSING.
02:54:15 THIS IS 100% AFFORDABLE AND NOW THERE'S COMPLAINTS THAT IT WILL
02:54:18 ATTRACT THE WRONG KIND OF PEOPLE.
02:54:20 >> I CAN'T WAIT FOR THIS TO GET BUILT SO THAT MORE PEOPLE CAN
02:54:23 LIVE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD. THERE'S A LONG LINE OF PEOPLE
02:54:28 AND I'LL STOP. IT'S RIDICULOUS.
02:54:31 IT'S IT'S THE WEAPONIZATION OF PROCESS.
02:54:35 >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. NEXT SPEAKER HI.
02:54:39 >> MY NAME IS RUTH FERGUSON AND I LIVE IN BERNAL HEIGHTS.
02:54:44 >> I AM REALLY PROUD TO BE HERE WITH DINA NEIGHBORS FOR HOUSING
02:54:48 TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF LA MARAVILLA WHICH WILL ADD OVER
02:54:52 350 UNITS OF DESPERATELY NEEDED 100% AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR OUR
02:54:56 COMMUNITY. >> SAN FRANCISCANS HAVE STOOD
02:55:00 LOUD AND PROUD IN OPPOSITION TO TRUMP'S FASCIST ICE RAIDS.
02:55:03 >> WE'VE OPEN OUR HEARTS TO RESIDENTS FACING HOMELESSNESS
02:55:07 AND ADDICTION AND WE CHAMPION OUR SAN FRANCISCO VALUES WITH
02:55:09 COMPASSION AND SENSIBLE SOLUTIONS TO EVEN OUR GREATEST
02:55:12 CHALLENGES. >> SO WHY WOULDN'T WE SUPPORT
02:55:15 THIS CRITICALLY NEEDED AFFORDABLE HOUSING?
02:55:18 WHY WOULDN'T WE STAND TOGETHER TO SUPPORT EVIDENCE BASED
02:55:20 HOUSING FIRST SOLUTIONS FOR OUR NEIGHBORS WHEN WE NEED IT MOST
02:55:26 ? THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TALK
02:55:28 TODAY ABOUT THE IMPACT ON CHILDREN'S AND FAMILIES OF THIS
02:55:31 SITE AS A PERUSE APPROVED. >> BUT WHAT ABOUT THE CHILDREN
02:55:34 AND FAMILIES WHO WILL BENEFIT FROM THIS PROJECT?
02:55:36 >> WHO WILL HAVE A ROOF OVER THEIR HEADS BECAUSE OF THIS
02:55:39 PROJECT? >> I SYMPATHIZE WITH THE
02:55:42 CHALLENGES FACED BY OUR MISSION NEIGHBORS.
02:55:43 I REALLY DO AND I DON'T WANT TO MINIMIZE WHAT THEY'VE
02:55:46 EXPERIENCED. I HEAR YOU WHEN YOU SAY WHEN
02:55:49 YOU SHARE HOW TOUGH IT'S BEEN. >> TO BE CLEAR, I SUPPORT
02:55:52 BUILDING THIS 100% AFFORDABLE HOUSING SITE IN THE MISSION.
02:55:56 BUT I KNOW THAT WEALTHIER COMMUNITIES LIKE MY OWN
02:56:00 IN BERNAL HEIGHTS NEED TO STEP UP AND WELCOME MORE AFFORDABLE
02:56:01 HOUSING IN OUR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD.
02:56:05 >> THAT'S WHY MY COLLEAGUES AND I DENY NEIGHBORS FOR
02:56:06 HOUSING HAVE BEEN VOCAL IN ASKING THE CITY TO INCLUDE
02:56:09 BERNAL HEIGHTS IN THE FAMILY ZONING PLAN SO WE CAN SEE MORE
02:56:13 HOUSING LIKE LAMAR VILLA IN OUR OWN BACKYARD.
02:56:14 >> WE MUST ADDRESS THE RACIST HISTORY OF EXCLUSIONARY ZONING
02:56:17 AND SHARE IN THE HOUSING BURDEN FACED BY OUR NEIGHBORS IN THE
02:56:20 MISSION. >> POVERTY AND HOMELESSNESS IS
02:56:23 A POLICY FAILURE AND IT'S A POLICY CHOICE.
02:56:24 I URGE ALL OF YOU TO DENY THIS APPEAL AND INSTEAD BUILD A
02:56:28 FUTURE THAT CREATES OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL SAN FRANCISCANS.
02:56:32 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
02:56:34 >> WELCOME TO THE NEXT SPEAKER .
02:56:39 >> GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS. MY NAME IS BRANDON POWELL.
02:56:42 I'M A MEMBER OF DISTRICT NINE NEIGHBORS FOR HOUSING.
02:56:46 THE CONCERNS ABOUT STREET CONDITIONS THAT WERE
02:56:47 HIGHLIGHTED IN THE APPEAL PERFECTLY VALID.
02:56:51 IT IS APPALLING. IT'S AN INJUSTICE THAT THIS
02:56:54 CITY ALLOWS NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE THE MISSION AND THE TENDERLOIN
02:56:56 TO BEAR THE BRUNT OF THESE CONDITIONS THAT WOULD NEVER BE
02:56:59 TOLERATED IN OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY.
02:57:02 THAT'S NOT A REASON TO STOP HOUSING.
02:57:05 THIS HOUSING WILL ADDRESS THOSE VERY CONDITIONS.
02:57:06 IT MAY BE INCREMENTAL BUT IT IS STILL PROGRESS.
02:57:09 I ENCOURAGE YOU I IMPLORE YOU I BEG YOU DON'T STOP THIS
02:57:13 PROJECT. >> APPROVE THIS SUBDIVISION
02:57:17 WHICH THE PROFESSIONALS IN CITY GOVERNMENT HAVE INDICATED IS
02:57:21 COMPLETELY WARRANTED AND ALLOW THIS PROJECT TO PROCEED
02:57:25 AND LET'S GET SOME MORE NEIGHBORS.
02:57:28 LET'S TAKE CARE OF SOME PEOPLE WHO NEED HELP.
02:57:32 >> PEOPLE WITH SUBSTANCE ABUSE ISSUES ARE NOT PARIAHS.
02:57:35 THERE ARE NEIGHBORS. >> THERE ARE FAMILY.
02:57:37 THERE ARE FRIENDS. >> SO THAT'S THAT'S NOT A
02:57:40 PROBLEM THAT WE WOULD HOUSE MORE OF THESE PEOPLE.
02:57:44 LET'S PROVIDE SOME HOUSING FOR SENIORS WHO DESPERATELY NEED IT
02:57:47 FOR FAMILIES WHO DESPERATELY NEED THIS HOUSING.
02:57:51 WE'VE GOT TO DO THIS. >> THANK YOU.
02:57:55 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. WELCOME.
02:57:56 THE NEXT SPEAKER. >> >> HELLO.
02:57:58 MY NAME IS PHILLIP RAFFEL. I'M RESIDENT OF DISTRICT EIGHT
02:58:04 VALLEY AND I COME OUT IN SUPPORT OF THIS PROJECT
02:58:08 AND REJECT THE APPEAL. >> MUCH HAS BEEN SAID ABOUT
02:58:12 PERMIT SUPPORT, SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND THE RISK IT
02:58:13 INVOLVES. >> I JUST BURIED MY FRIEND
02:58:16 EARLIER THIS YEAR WHO OVERDOSED IN THAT IN DOWNTOWN SAN
02:58:20 FRANCISCO. HE WOULD HAVE BENEFITED FROM
02:58:23 PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING TO CLEAR AND IT MIGHT HAVE SAVED
02:58:27 HIS LIFE. IT'S TOO LATE FOR HIM TO THE
02:58:30 FAMILIES WHO ARE WHO ARE MENTIONING THEY FEAR FOR THEIR
02:58:35 CHILDREN. >> I CAN UNDERSTAND I'M NOT NOT
02:58:38 FAR FROM LA MARAVILLA I WAS NEARLY JUMPED TWO YEARS AGO
02:58:42 AND WOULD HAVE BEEN BEATEN UP BY SEVERAL BY SEVERAL MEN HAD
02:58:49 IT NOT BEEN FOR MY 100 POUND ROTTWEILER THAT I WAS WITH THAT
02:58:52 DAY. I UNDERSTAND THE SAY THAT
02:58:55 STREET SAFETY IS A CONCERN AND IT IS A VALID ONE BUT
02:58:58 FURTHERMORE MORE MUCH HAS BEEN TALKED ABOUT IN HOUSING ABOUT
02:59:05 HOW IT'S A GIFT TO DEVELOPERS. THIS IS A NONPROFIT DEVELOPER
02:59:10 BUILDING 300 UNITS OF HOUSING FOR FAM FOUR FAMILIES INCLUDING
02:59:16 CHILDREN WHO ARE WHO ARE WHO GO TO MARSHALL AND WOULD NEED THAT
02:59:20 HOUSING. IT IS FAR BETTER TO BE HOUSED
02:59:24 BUT HAVING TO DEAL WITH STREET SAFETY AND AND THEN TO BE
02:59:28 UNHOUSED AND AT THE MERCY OF THE STREETS.
02:59:32 >> I THINK THIS I THINK IF WE FAIL AT THIS MAGGARD COULD NOT
02:59:39 HAVE CHARACTER TO THE INEFFECTIVENESS OF SAN
02:59:40 FRANCISCO BETTER AND WE WOULD DESERVE IT.
02:59:42 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
02:59:44 LET'S HEAR FROM OUR NEXT SPEAKER.
02:59:49 HELLO. MY NAME IS KATE VOCAL.
02:59:49 I AM A LONGTIME RESIDENT OF THE MISSION AND A MEMBER OF DINA
02:59:53 NEIGHBORS FOR HOUSING AND I FULLY SUPPORT THIS PROJECT
02:59:57 IN ITS TOTALITY AND I'M GOING TO TELL YOU WHY.
03:00:00 I WAS A PROJECT ARCHITECT FOR SEVERAL OCCUPIED REHABS OF
03:00:02 TENDERLOIN SORROWS BACK IN THE EARLY 2000S.
03:00:05 SO I WAS WORKING DAY IN AND DAY OUT WITH EXACTLY THE KINDS OF
03:00:08 PEOPLE WHO WOULD BE LIVING IN THE PCH IN THIS PROJECT.
03:00:12 AND ONE DAY I WAS DOING A FINAL WALKTHROUGH OF UNIT AS A WOMAN
03:00:16 WAS MOVING IN AND WE ALWAYS PUT LIKE A LITTLE SHELF IN THE
03:00:20 KITCHENETTE. SHE BROUGHT ME OVER THERE TO
03:00:21 SHOW ME HER MOM'S CHINA. >> AND SHE WAS SO PROUD TO BE
03:00:24 ABLE TO AFTER CARRYING IT AROUND IN A BAG FOR I BELIEVE
03:00:30 SIX YEARS TO BE ABLE TO PUT IT ON THIS LITTLE SHELF THIS
03:00:33 LITTLE SHELF IN THIS LITTLE ROOM TRANSFORMED THIS WOMAN'S
03:00:38 LIFE, TRANSFORMED IT. AND HERE WE ARE 20 YEARS LATER
03:00:42 AND WE HAVE BARELY MADE A DENT IN TRYING TO GIVE THAT
03:00:44 TRANSFORM EMOTIVE EXPERIENCE TO THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN OUR CITY
03:00:49 . WE DECIDED IN THE MISSION EIGHT
03:00:50 YEARS AGO THAT WE WANTED THIS TO BE 100% AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
03:00:54 AND EVERY SINGLE DELAY COST LIVES.
03:00:57 IT COSTS PEOPLE IN TRAUMA. IT COSTS OUR CITY VITALITY
03:01:01 AND IT'S TIME TO NOT LET THIS PROCESS STOP THE THE PROGRESS.
03:01:08 SO I URGE YOU ALL TO DENY THIS APPEAL AND LET'S GET THIS BUILT
03:01:12 AND LET'S GET THESE HUNDREDS OF FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS
03:01:16 IN NEED HOUSED IN THE MISSION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
03:01:19 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. >> LET'S HEAR FROM OUR NEXT
03:01:21 SPEAKER. >> HI, MY NAME IS CHARLIE
03:01:24 ITALY. I'M A RESIDENT OF MISSION BAY.
03:01:27 I JUST WANTED TO COME AND SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THIS PROJECT.
03:01:31 NUMBER ONE, IT JUST 300 HOMES IS A LARGE NUMBER I THINK ABOUT
03:01:35 IT'S 300 HOUSEHOLDS OR OVER SORRY OVER 300 OVER 300
03:01:38 HOUSEHOLDS THAT WOULD BE TRANSFORMED BY THIS IS PROBABLY
03:01:41 ENOUGH TO FILL THIS ROOM MULTIPLE TIMES.
03:01:45 AND SO I JUST I'M HERE SUPPORTING THIS TO THINK ABOUT
03:01:49 ALL THE LIVES THAT COULD BE SUPPORTED BY THIS PROJECT.
03:01:51 SECONDLY, WE KNOW WE HAVE TO BUILD A LARGE NUMBER A VERY,
03:01:54 VERY LARGE NUMBER OF AFFORDABLE UNITS BASED ON THE HOUSING
03:01:57 ELEMENT. AND EVERY EVERY SINGLE PROJECT
03:02:01 THAT WE CAN DO REALLY COUNTS A LOT.
03:02:02 >> LASTLY, I THINK THE WAY THAT WE'VE GOTTEN HERE FEELS A
03:02:05 LITTLE BIT WRONG TO ME. >> THIS IS LIKE WE ARE GETTING
03:02:08 HERE. WE'RE HAVING AN ENTIRE HEARING
03:02:11 BASED ON A LEGAL TECHNICALITY AROUND PARCEL SUBDIVISION.
03:02:12 AND YET THE MAJORITY OF THE THINGS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HAVE
03:02:16 NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT. TO ME THIS SETS A BIT OF A
03:02:19 DANGEROUS PRECEDENT THAT ONLY THOSE WITH THE ACCESS TO FREE
03:02:20 TIME AND LAWYERS CAN FIND THE LOOPHOLES TO BLOCK HOUSING.
03:02:27 >> SO OVERALL I WOULD I WOULD URGE THE BOARD TO TO APPROVE
03:02:30 THIS AND HELP TRANSFORM THE LIVES OF 300 OVER 300
03:02:31 HOUSEHOLDS. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
03:02:34 >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS .
03:02:37 >> JUST A REMINDER TO THOSE IN THE VERY BACK OF THE PUBLIC
03:02:42 GALLERY NO AUDIBLE SOUNDS OF EITHER APPROVAL OR LACK OF
03:02:46 SUPPORT. WELCOME.
03:02:49 HI. >> I'M GOING TO BE TRANSLATING.
03:02:50 OKAY. I'LL SET THE TIMER FOR FOUR
03:02:52 MINUTES. YOU CAN SPEAK FOR TWO MINUTES
03:02:55 AND THEN TRANSLATE FOR TWO MINUTES.
03:02:56 >> OKAY
03:04:08 . >> IS SHOWING UP IN SUPPORT OF
03:04:09 THE CONSTRUCTION OF LA MARIA. SHE LIVES ON 18 AND MISSION
03:04:13 AND SHE'S LOOKING FOR SHE WANTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS AN
03:04:19 ENOUGH AND THAT SHE'S LOOKING FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
03:04:22 >> SO THAT'S WHY SHE'S HERE. >> I THANK YOU FOR THE
03:04:27 INTERPRETATION. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
03:04:30 LET'S HEAR FROM OUR NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
03:04:37 >> HI LAURA FOOT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF YIMBY ACTION
03:04:42 AND THIS PROJECT OBVIOUSLY HAS SPECIAL MEANING FOR A LOT OF
03:04:45 US. >> I'VE BEEN DOING ADVOCACY FOR
03:04:46 TEN YEARS AND WAS A SUPPORTER OF THE MARKET RATE HOUSING AT
03:04:53 THE BEGINNING UNTIL MY NOW HUSBAND WAS LIKE SHUT UP LAURA
03:04:57 . >> AND REALLY THE AMOUNT OF
03:04:58 COMMUNITY BUILDING EDUCATE HAITIAN LEARNING THAT HAS COME
03:05:02 OUT OF THE PROCESS OF THIS PROJECT IN PARTICULAR FOR THE
03:05:05 PRO HOUSING MOVEMENT FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING ADVOCATES
03:05:10 THERE IS NO PROJECT THAT IS MORE POPULAR OR MORE WELL
03:05:14 DOCUMENTED AND HAS BROUGHT MORE PEOPLE TOGETHER IN SUPPORT OF
03:05:18 AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAN THIS PROJECT.
03:05:19 I THINK IT IS WITHOUT QUESTION SOMETHING THAT THIS SHOULD MOVE
03:05:22 FORWARD AND THAT THE CITY SHOULD EMBRACE.
03:05:26 IT BRINGS PEOPLE TOGETHER. CHIRAG WAS TELLING ME THAT HE
03:05:29 WAS HAVING MIXED FEELINGS ABOUT A LETTER OF SUPPORT FROM SONIA
03:05:31 STRAUSS SO I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF HUMOR TO BE HAD ABOUT
03:05:34 THIS AS WELL AND I THINK THAT THERE'S A THERE'S AN ASPECT OF
03:05:37 THIS THAT'S WELL THIS IS AN IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE HAVE THE
03:05:42 VOTES BUT ACTUALLY PEOPLE ARE AFRAID OF SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
03:05:45 >> PEOPLE ARE AFRAID OF HOMELESS PEOPLE IN EVERY
03:05:48 NEIGHBORHOOD. >> PEOPLE ARE AFRAID OF DRUG
03:05:49 USERS. >> THEY'RE GOING TO BE AFRAID
03:05:53 IN EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD AND THAT'S GOING TO CREATE
03:05:54 CONCERNS IN EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD AND IT'S ACTUALLY
03:05:57 UNDERSTANDABLE AND HUMAN AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT THIS
03:06:01 BOARD HAS TO NAVIGATE AND BE RESILIENT TO BECAUSE YOU HAVE
03:06:04 ALREADY DECIDED THAT PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING IS A KEY
03:06:08 STRATEGY FOR ADDRESSING THE HOUSING SHORTAGE.
03:06:12 >> AND SO YOU HAVE TO ADDRESS EVERY TIME THIS COMES UP HOW
03:06:16 ARE YOU ACTUALLY GOING TO GET IT BUILT IN THE WEALTHIEST
03:06:19 NEIGHBORHOODS? I'VE SPOKEN IN SUPPORT OF
03:06:20 HOMELESS HOUSING IN MARIN. OKAY, IT GETS HARDER THAN THIS
03:06:26 BUT IT'S GOING TO GET HARDER FOR YOU IN SAN FRANCISCO AS WE
03:06:31 BUILD ON THE WEST SIDE, AS WE BUILD IN DISTRICTS THAT HAVE
03:06:32 DONE VERY LITTLE TO NO PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
03:06:35 THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE THE EASY ONE AND WE'RE STILL HERE.
03:06:39 >> SO WHAT ARE YOU GUYS GOING TO DO TO ENSURE THANK YOU LAURA
03:06:43 FOR YOUR COMMENTS. OKAY.
03:06:46 WELCOME TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. >> GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS.
03:06:50 MY NAME IS I CAN SPEND YOUR I'M HERE SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE
03:06:55 SAN FRANCISCO DEMOCRATIC PARTY WHICH PASSED A RESOLUTION
03:06:58 IN MAY OF THIS YEAR CALLING ON SUPPORTING THE MAXIMUM
03:07:02 AFFORDABLE HOUSING AT LA MORAVIA THE MARVEL IN THE
03:07:05 MISSION AND AT THE TIME THE RESOLUTION THAT MY BODY BROUGHT
03:07:10 FORWARD WAS ABOUT A DIFFERENT SET OF COMPLAINTS SOME OF WHICH
03:07:14 WERE BROUGHT UP AN EARLIER PUBLIC COMMENT ABOUT THE
03:07:17 SHADOWING. BUT THE THE NOTION AT THE TIME
03:07:18 WAS THAT IT WAS MORE OR LESS CONCERNS WERE BEING RAISED
03:07:24 IN THE PRESS BUT THAT THIS PROJECT BECAUSE OF STATE LAW
03:07:26 THAT HAS BEEN DEBATED AND SETTLED AND LOCAL LAW THAT
03:07:29 HAS BEEN DEBATED AND SETTLED AND HOUSING ELEMENT PROPOSALS
03:07:32 AND DRAFTS MANY, MANY, MANY MEETINGS HAS BEEN DEBATED
03:07:37 AND SETTLED. THE CITY IS SUPPOSED TO BE
03:07:38 PRIORITIZING BUILDING SUPPORTIVE HOUSING BELOW MARKET
03:07:41 RATE HOUSING FOR PEOPLE WHO CANNOT AFFORD THE MARKET RATES.
03:07:44 WE HAVE TO BUILD A LOT MORE OF ALL HOUSING FOR SURE IN ORDER
03:07:49 TO ADDRESS OUR HOUSING SHORTAGE.
03:07:50 BUT THE SAN FRANCISCO DEMOCRATIC PARTY SUPPORTS
03:07:52 BUILDING THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING AT THIS
03:07:56 PARTICULAR PLACE BECAUSE THE FAMILIES IN THE CITY NEED IT
03:07:59 PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOWHERE TO GO NEED IT.
03:08:00 AND I THINK THAT ONE OF THE PUBLIC COMMENTERS OR NOT THE
03:08:04 PUBLIC COMMENTERS ONE OF THE PROJECT SPONSORS SPOKE EARLIER
03:08:06 WHO SAID IF WE DON'T DO THIS, WHERE DO WE WHERE DO PEOPLE GO?
03:08:09 WHAT IS OUR ACTUAL SOLUTION? PEOPLE WILL DETERIORATE AND DIE
03:08:12 AND BE SUBJECT TO VIOLENCE AND BE SUBJECT TO OTHER THINGS
03:08:16 ON THE STREET. IF WE DO NOT ADDRESS THESE
03:08:20 CONDITIONS AND THE CITY SHOULD DO MORE TO ADDRESS ADDRESSING
03:08:22 THOSE STREET CONDITIONS. BUT WE ALSO NEED TO MAKE SURE
03:08:25 THAT WE ARE BUILDING PLACES FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO REBUILD
03:08:28 THEIR LIVES AND TO LIVE THE BEST LIFE THAT THEY CAN LIVE.
03:08:31 AND YOU CANNOT DO THAT IF YOU ARE LIVING ON THE STREETS.
03:08:33 SO THE SAN FRANCISCO DEMOCRATIC PARTY URGES YOU TO DENY THIS
03:08:36 SUBDIVISION APPEAL AND TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS PROJECT MOVES
03:08:40 FORWARD. >> THANK YOU.
03:08:43 >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. LET'S HEAR FROM OUR NEXT
03:08:45 SPEAKER. >> GOOD AFTERNOON SUPERVISORS.
03:08:47 MY NAME IS ROBERT DRUCKMAN. I AM A VOLUNTEER LEAD WITH SAN
03:08:52 FRANCISCO YIMBY I LIVE IN DISTRICT FIVE.
03:08:54 WE STRONGLY SUPPORT THIS PROJECT.
03:08:55 WE BELIEVE THE CITY SHOULD DO MORE TO CLEAR ADMINISTRATIVE
03:08:58 OBSTACLES THAT PREVENT THE CREATION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
03:09:02 I WILL SAY THAT TWO WEEKS AGO I HAD NO IDEA THAT YOU COULD
03:09:05 APPEAL THE SUBDIVISION MAP FOR ANY KIND OF PROJECT MUCH LESS
03:09:11 AFFORDABLE HOUSING. PEOPLE WILL COME UP WITH ANY
03:09:12 KIND OF REASON TO JUSTIFY THEIR APPEAL IN 2016.
03:09:19 THEN SUPERVISOR SCOTT WIENER SPENT A LOT OF TIME TO PREVENT
03:09:23 A CONDITIONAL USE AUTHORIZATION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
03:09:27 NOW MANY, MANY, MANY PROJECTS HAVE SKIPPED A CONDITIONAL USE
03:09:31 APPEALS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND MORE STATE LAWS HAVE GONE
03:09:37 HAVE HAVE DONE A LOT TO STREAMLINE AFFORDABLE HOUSING
03:09:39 IN SAN FRANCISCO. BUT MORE WORK IS NEEDED.
03:09:45 ONE IMPORTANT LESSON FROM THIS HEARING SHOULD BE THAT APPEALS
03:09:49 OF PROJECTS IS NOT COMMUNITY PLANNING A APPEALS OR VETO
03:09:53 POINTS. IT IS AN INHERENTLY REACTIONARY
03:09:57 PROCESS. THE BEST OUTCOME IS THAT THE
03:09:58 CONTESTED PROJECT PROCEEDS AS PLANNED.
03:10:02 THE FREQUENT ALTERNATIVE IS THAT THE PROJECT DIES AND IT IS
03:10:05 WITH BITTER IRONY THAT I SAY THAT IN APPEAL OF A SUBDIVISION
03:10:10 MAP IS COMMUNITY INPUT BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S CONSTRUCTIVE.
03:10:15 CITY LEADERS IN THIS VERY ROOM HAVE MADE IT CLEAR THAT
03:10:18 AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS A PRIORITY FOR THE CITY OF SAN
03:10:22 FRANCISCO AND IF IT IS A PRIORITY THEN WE SHOULD DO WHAT
03:10:25 WE HAVE SET OUT TO DO. WE SHOULD NOT SAY WELL WE
03:10:30 SUPPORT AFFORDABLE HOUSING JUST NOT THIS ONE BECAUSE THAT IS
03:10:34 HOW WE HAVE GOTTEN TO THIS CRISIS OVER 50 YEARS OF SAYING
03:10:37 TIME AND TIME AGAIN WELL WE SUPPORT HOUSING JUST NOT THIS
03:10:41 PROJECT. THERE'S A REASON WHY
03:10:45 ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESSES DO NOT RESULT IN MORE AFFORDABLE
03:10:49 HOUSING. >> PLEASE APPROVE THIS PROJECT.
03:10:51 THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
03:10:53 WELCOME TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. >> HI, I'M MARIO.
03:10:57 I LIVE A BLOCK AWAY FROM THE PROJECT ON SOUTH VAN NESS.
03:11:01 I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO
03:11:04 HAVING HUNDREDS OF NEW NEIGHBORS.
03:11:05 >> PLEASE DENY THE APPEAL. THANK YOU.
03:11:06 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. >> WELCOME TO OUR NEXT SPEAKER
03:11:11 . >> HELLO.
03:11:12 MY NAME IS ELI HOLLERAN AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK AGAINST THE
03:11:16 APPEAL OF THE 1979 MISSION PARCEL PARCEL APPROVAL.
03:11:18 THIS APPEAL IS AN UNDEMOCRATIC ATTEMPT TO CIRCUMVENT
03:11:21 CALIFORNIA HOUSING LAWS INTENDED TO ALLEVIATE SEVERE
03:11:25 SHORTAGES OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE STATE.
03:11:28 THE 1979 MISSION PROJECT HAS MET ALL STANDARDS SET OUT UNDER
03:11:30 THE LAW FOR APPROVAL AND HAS IN FACT GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND
03:11:33 LEGAL REQUIREMENTS IN SEVERAL CASES BY HOLDING MULTIPLE
03:11:36 COMMUNITY MEETINGS IN THE MISSION TO GET OUR INPUT ABOUT
03:11:40 SHADE AND HEIGHT. THIS APPEAL IS UNRELATED TO THE
03:11:44 ACTUAL PARCEL MAP APPROVAL PROCESS AND ONLY RELATED TO THE
03:11:48 FRUSTRATIONS OF SOME OF MY NEIGHBORS AND HAVING TO
03:11:51 ACTUALLY SEE THE EFFECTS OF ANTI HOUSING ADVOCACY ON THEIR
03:11:52 CITY AND ON THEIR UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS.
03:11:56 I LIVE ONE BLOCK FROM THIS PROJECT AT 15TH AND SOUTH
03:11:59 VENICE AND I TEACH AT HOOVER THAT'S A MIDDLE SCHOOL THAT
03:12:03 RECEIVES STUDENTS FROM MOSCONI, THE OTHER CLOSE BY ELEMENTARY
03:12:04 SCHOOL AND THEY ATTEND IN SUTTON.
03:12:07 >> I WORK WITH STUDENTS FROM THE MISSION WHOSE FAMILIES ARE
03:12:08 UNHOUSED OR UNSTABLE HOUSED EVERY DAY IN SAWYER.
03:12:11 >> TO SAY YOU CARE ABOUT STUDENTS LIKE THIS AND THEN DO
03:12:15 ANYTHING OTHER THAN WHOLE HEARTEDLY SUPPORT A PROJECT
03:12:19 THAT WOULD HOUSE HUNDREDS OF LOW INCOME RESIDENTS THAT WOULD
03:12:22 HOUSE AS OF USC STUDENTS THAT WOULD HOUSE FAMILIES IS A
03:12:26 CONTRADICTION BEYOND RIDICULE. I AM ASHAMED AT THIS CLASS
03:12:30 AND HOSTILE BEHAVIOR FROM SOME OF MY NEIGHBORS AND I URGE YOU
03:12:34 TO RESPECT THE NORMS OF THE PARCEL APPROVAL PROCESS
03:12:35 AND UPHOLD THE VALUES OF A JUST AND WELCOMING CITY.
03:12:39 BY REJECTING THIS APPEAL AND UPHOLDING THE APPROVAL.
03:12:43 >> THANK YOU ELI, FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
03:12:45 >> NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> WHEN I STARTED THIS
03:12:54 MINIMALIST GENEVA WERE
03:13:58 THANK YOU AND I'LL BE TRANSLATING.
03:13:59 GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS JENNY BARRAGAN.
03:14:02 I WORK WITH COMMUNITY AND LIVE AT 14TH AND MISSION STREET.
03:14:05 I SUPPORT FAMILIES WITH RESOURCES THE MOST VULNERABLE
03:14:07 FAMILIES WITH RESOURCES IN OUR COMMUNITIES THOSE IN SHELTERS
03:14:10 LIVING IN CARS AND SIMPLY ASKING FOR A DIGNIFIED
03:14:14 AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES.
03:14:17 I SEE WITH GREAT SADNESS THE SUFFERING OF ALL THESE PEOPLE
03:14:21 AND I RESPECTFULLY COME TO YOU AND TRUST THAT YOU WILL MAKE
03:14:23 THE BEST DECISION AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS WONDERFUL
03:14:26 PROJECT SO THAT MANY FAMILIES CAN BENEFIT FROM IT AND HAVE
03:14:30 SAFE AND DIGNIFIED HOUSING. THANK YOU.
03:14:33 THANK YOU FOR THE INTERPRETATION.
03:14:34 NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE WELCOME. >> WHEN I START THIS
03:15:43 THE DAILY ALERT LORI HER LIFE CHANGED FOR HER AND FOR HER
03:15:48 SON. AND THAT'S WHY SHE'S HERE TODAY
03:15:51 TO ASK YOU TO CONTINUE WITH THE PROJECT OF LA BEGAN TO ASK YOU
03:15:58 TO SUPPORT MORE FAMILIES AND TO ENSURE THAT MORE FAMILIES GET
03:16:03 BENEFITS SHADED BY THAT AND THAT THEY HAVE A PLACE TO
03:16:06 LIVE LIKE SHE DOES. >> AND THANK YOU FOR THE
03:16:10 INTERPRETATION. WELCOME TO OUR NEXT SPEAKER
03:16:17 ALONG WITH UPTON ON EVERYBODY RESPECT THE SUPERVISORS.
03:16:22 MY NAME IS BLANCA TREJO. I AM COMMUNITY LEADER FOR THE
03:16:25 MISSION HOUSE IS THEREFORE IS TO BE CRAMMED IN A TWO BEDROOM
03:16:36 APARTMENT. WE WERE NINE PEOPLE LIVED
03:16:40 TOGETHER. MY CHILDREN HAD DIFFERENT
03:16:43 CHRONIC HEALTH CONDITIONS I LIVE IN CRAM WASN'T HELPING
03:16:47 THEIR HEALTH. >> MY DAUGHTER HAS ASTHMA
03:16:48 AND MY SON HAS ONLY ECZEMA IN THIS IF THE HIGH COST OF
03:16:55 HOUSING AND THE LACK OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR FAMILIES
03:16:59 TO LIVE CAMP CHILDREN THEY ROAM THE SPACE TO THEIR DAILY
03:17:03 DEVELOPMENT AND WELL US TO STUDY AND CONCENTRATE ON DOING
03:17:07 THEIR HOMEWORK. I SPENT SEVERAL YEARS APPLYING
03:17:11 THROUGH THE PORTAL FINALLY IN 2000 THROUGH 21 THANKS GOD I
03:17:16 WON THE LOTTERY AT THE BARNES BUILDING OTHER 490 SOUTH
03:17:24 BARNEYS WHICH IS A BLOCK FROM THE FRONT THE MARAVILLA.
03:17:28 >> NOW MY CHILDREN HAVE THEIR OWN SPACE TO STUDY AND DO THEIR
03:17:32 HOMEWORK. THEY DO VERY WELL IN THEIR
03:17:36 STUDIES AND THEY HEALTH HAS IMPROVED A LOT RIGHT NOW THERE
03:17:39 ARE MANY FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN IN SHELTERS.
03:17:43 THERE ARE CHILDREN AND ADULT WITH CHRONIC HEALTH CONDITIONS
03:17:47 AND LIVING IN A SHELTER VERSUS THEIR HEALTH BECAUSE THEY DON'T
03:17:51 HAD ACCESS TO COOKING IN. THEY SAID THAT THERE ARE LOTS
03:17:55 OF FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN LIVING IN CARS.
03:17:58 I HOPE THESE FAMILIES HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A DECENT
03:18:00 HOUSING I THINK IS A HUMAN RIGHT THAT EVERY PERSON SHOULD
03:18:03 HAVE. I'M HERE TO CONTINUE ADVOCATING
03:18:07 FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF OR THE MARVEL THOSE AFFORDABLE HOUSING
03:18:10 FOR FAMILIES BECAUSE HAVING A STABLE HASN'T CHANGED YOUR LIFE
03:18:14 AND IMPROVED YOUR HEALTH AND GIVES YOU YOUR SECURITY.
03:18:18 HAVING THIS IN HOUSE IN WHATEVER YOUR FAMILY IS A
03:18:21 FOUNDATION FOR MOVING FORWARD AND OUR CHILDREN'S TO.
03:18:25 >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS .
03:18:28 THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER
03:19:48 I'M GOING TO DO MY BEST TO SUMMARIZE BECAUSE EVERYTHING
03:19:52 SHE SAID IS AMAZING AND SO POWERFUL.
03:19:55 BUT HER NAME IS GLADYS. SHE'S A BENEFICIARY OF THE
03:19:57 DOLLAR HOUSING LOTTERY AND SHE'S HAD IT FOR THE LAST
03:20:00 TWO MONTHS. >> SHE'S LIVED HERE FOR THREE
03:20:03 YEARS. BEFORE THAT SHE LIVED WITH 18
03:20:07 PEOPLE AND AS PART OF THAT HOUSING BECAUSE OF THE
03:20:08 SITUATION SHE WAS SEXUALLY ASSAULTED.
03:20:12 >> SHE'S A SURVIVOR OF SEXUAL ASSAULT AND AFTER SHE RECEIVED
03:20:15 THE HOUSING HER LIFE COMPLETELY CHANGED.
03:20:19 SHE WAS ABLE TO FINISH HIGH SCHOOL.
03:20:20 SHE LEARNED ENGLISH. SHE NOW IS ABLE TO LIVE HAPPILY
03:20:23 WITH HER GIRLFRIEND AND SHE'S ABLE TO LIVE A DIGNIFIED LIFE
03:20:27 AND SHE BELIEVES THAT EVERYBODY DESERVES HOUSING AND A CHANCE
03:20:30 TO BE ABLE TO THRIVE BECAUSE HOUSING ALLOWS FOR PEOPLE TO TO
03:20:34 NOT ONLY SURVIVE IN THE CITY BUT ALSO TO THRIVE AND LIVE
03:20:38 THEIR BEST LIVES. >> THANK YOU GUYS.
03:20:39 THANK YOU FOR THE INTERPRETATION.
03:20:42 >> ALL RIGHT. ARE THERE PLEASE COME ON UP
03:20:45 JUST BEFORE YOU SPEAK, SIR, I'LL JUST ASK IF THERE ARE ANY
03:20:47 OTHER ROOMS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD
03:20:51 AGAINST THE APPEAL AND IN SUPPORT OF THE PROJECT PLEASE
03:20:54 COME FORWARD. ALL RIGHT.
03:20:57 >> WELCOME. GOOD AFTERNOON.
03:20:58 SUPERVISOR. SUPERVISOR THIS IS NIGHT ROMERO
03:21:02 ANIMATION MISSION RESIDENT WORKING FROM THERE FOR A LONG
03:21:04 TIME IN HOUSING AND BEING WITH MANY COMMUNITY ORGANIZERS
03:21:08 AND LEADERS FIGHTING FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE
03:21:10 MISSION DISTRICT WE ARE PROUD TO BRING A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT
03:21:14 MORE THAN SEVEN HOUSING MORE THAN 800 FAMILIES AND THE
03:21:20 SITUATION IN 16 AND 24 AND CLUSTER 20.
03:21:24 I LIVE IN 20 STATE HISTORY. >> IT HAS BEEN FOR ALL THESE
03:21:28 YEARS AND WE WANT TO ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES.
03:21:31 >> WE HAD TO BRING TOGETHER THE ORGANIZE AND DEMAND FROM THE
03:21:35 CITY MORE SERVICES FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE IN DIFFICULT
03:21:38 SITUATION. >> THIS IS THE FIRST THING I
03:21:39 WAS DOING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FOR MOST OF THE PROJECTS IN THE
03:21:43 MISSION. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT I
03:21:44 HEAR FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS HERE TREATING HUMAN BEINGS LIKE
03:21:47 NOTHING AND I THINK THAT WE DESERVE BETTER.
03:21:51 WE DESERVE BETTER BECAUSE I, I, I WAS IN A COMMUNITY MEETING
03:21:58 WHEN A WOMAN A LATINA MOTHER WAS TALKING WITH THE MARSHALL
03:22:03 PARENTS TELLING THAT THANK YOU GOT ANOTHER JEW RELATIVES A SON
03:22:10 HAS A PROBLEM WITH ADDICTION WE HAD TO TREAT PEOPLE WITH
03:22:13 RESPECT AND BRING THEIR RESOURCES FOR THAT ONE OF THE
03:22:16 BUILDINGS IS FOR THAT PEOPLE WHO HAS BEEN USED ON ISSUES
03:22:20 THAT WE CAN SUPPORT THEM. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT I
03:22:23 SEE THIS TREATMENT TO PEOPLE AND THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE FOR
03:22:27 SAN FRANCISCO. PLEASE DO THE RIGHT THING.
03:22:30 AND FROM PLACES 16 WHEN WE WERE FIGHTING FOR AGAINST THE
03:22:34 MONSTER WE MENTIONED THAT ONE BUILDING IT HAS TO BE FOR LOW
03:22:37 VERY LOW INCOME PEOPLE LIVING IN THE ASSURANCE NOW IS ALLOWED
03:22:41 TO LIVE WITHIN LIVING IN THEIRS ARE NOT NOW THEY ARE IN THE
03:22:45 STREET. >> WE HAD TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO
03:22:48 HAVE A BETTER CONDITION LIFE AND THEIR FAMILIES.
03:22:52 THERE WERE KEYS HERE. SOME PEOPLE HAD TO LEAVE BUT
03:22:56 THEY WERE REAL KEYS HERE ASKING FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
03:22:59 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
03:23:03 WELCOME TO OUR NEXT SPEAKER. HELLO, IT'S ME AGAIN.
03:23:04 MY NAME'S KRISTEN ACOSTA. >> I'M THE COMMUNITY PROGRAMS
03:23:07 MANAGER AT THE WOMEN'S BUILDING .
03:23:10 I'M ALSO A HOUSING ADVOCATE AND A RESIDENT OF THE MISSION
03:23:11 DISTRICT AND I'M HERE IN DEFENSE OF THIS 100 100%
03:23:16 AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT WHICH LIVES OFF THE BACK OF A
03:23:21 DECADE OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZING. MANY OF US KNOW THAT OUR
03:23:24 COMMUNITIES FOUGHT REALLY HARD FOR LA MARAVILLA BECAUSE WE
03:23:28 REALLY KNOW HOW URGENT AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS AS WELL
03:23:29 AS SUPPORTIVE SERVICES. >> OUR COMMUNITY MAKES UP A
03:23:32 REALLY WIDE RANGE OF INDIVIDUALS AND ALL OF THOSE
03:23:36 INDIVIDUALS WHETHER THEY'RE JUST INDIVIDUALS OR FAMILIES
03:23:39 THEY DESERVE THE RIGHT TO LIVE WITH DIGNITY AND SUPPORT AND WE
03:23:40 NEED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT NO HUMAN BEING IS DISPOSABLE AS
03:23:44 OPPOSED TO A LOT OF THE THINGS WE ARE HEARING TODAY AND WITH
03:23:48 THAT MANY OF THEM WOULD BENEFIT FROM THIS PROJECT AND MANY OF
03:23:51 THESE PEOPLE HAVE FAMILIES WHO ARE WORKING TOWARDS A REALITY
03:23:55 THAT ENABLES THEIR HOUSEHOLDS NOT ONLY TO SURVIVE BUT ALSO TO
03:23:56 THRIVE HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO. WE SHOULD ALL BE COMING
03:24:00 TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY TO PRIORITIZE HOUSING AND NOT
03:24:03 VILLAINIZE THOSE WHO NEED SUPPORT.
03:24:04 SO WE MUST GO FORWARD WITH MAKING THE MAHDAVI A REALITY
03:24:08 AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT .
03:24:11 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS,
03:24:15 MR. PRESIDENT. >> ALL RIGHT.
03:24:18 >> PUBLIC COMMENTS IN OPPOSITION TO THE APPEAL IS
03:24:22 CLOSED AND NOW WE WILL HEAR FROM THE APPELLANT FOR A THREE
03:24:26 MINUTE REBUTTAL OF UP TO THREE MINUTES WE WERE TOLD FIVE
03:24:31 MINUTES REBUTTAL, FIVE MINUTES REBUTTAL, THREE MINUTES BUT
03:24:35 WE'RE EMAILED FIVE MINUTES I'M SURE IT WAS THREE MINUTES.
03:24:38 MR. SOLOMON MR. PRESIDENT, SUPERVISORS I'M MARK SOLOMON, A
03:24:44 36 YEAR RESIDENT OF MARSHALL NEIGHBOR.
03:24:45 I HELPED WRITE THE APPEAL. NONE OF US ARE ATTORNEYS.
03:24:48 WE DON'T HAVE A BUDGET OR A STAFF.
03:24:49 DANGER IS A LEGAL BASIS FOR GRANTING AN APPEAL ON A
03:24:52 SUBDIVISION MAP PROJECT SPONSORS HAVE INTRODUCED NO
03:24:53 EVIDENCE OF THE PROJECT AS PLANNED.
03:24:56 PURSUANT TO THIS MAP, BONDING WILL NOT ENDANGER MARSHALL SO
03:24:59 MANY WHITE MEMBERS FROM NOWHERE NEAR MARSHALL THAT HAVE NO SUCH
03:25:00 FACILITIES NEAR THEM SPOKE IN THE FIRST PERSON ABOUT OUR
03:25:04 NEIGHBORS PROJECTING THEIR PREJUDICES.
03:25:07 OUR NEW NEIGHBORS LIVE AT LA PHENIX CASA AVANZA AND 17TH
03:25:10 AND FOLSOM. OUR NEIGHBORHOOD NEEDS MORE
03:25:11 HIGHER FUNCTIONING NEIGHBORS LIKE THAT.
03:25:14 WHY DOES MR. MOSS INSIST ON IMPLYING CASTING AND BE
03:25:15 PREJUDICED ONTO RESIDENTS ABOUT EVERYTHING EVERY TIME HE OPENS
03:25:19 HIS MOUTH? MISSION HOUSING IS NOT
03:25:22 MITIGATED ANY IMPACTS AT LOVE ENIX MISS CLARK SAID THEY HAD
03:25:23 THE VOTES. HOW DOES SHE KNOW THAT WAS X
03:25:26 PARTY VIOLATED HERE I'VE WORKED TO BETTER THE MARSHALL
03:25:30 COMMUNITY WITH FORMER SUPERVISOR JANE KIM TO RECITE
03:25:31 PARKING EGRESS FROM 1550 15TH STREET TO DIVERT CARS AWAY FROM
03:25:34 MARSHALL AND WITH S.F. MTA ON THE HOME ZONE THAT CALM TRAFFIC
03:25:39 AROUND SCHOOLS SUPERVISOR WALTON'S CONCERNS I WAS ONE OF
03:25:42 THE FEW RESIDENTS IN THE NONPROFIT DOMINATED 16 THREE
03:25:45 PLAZA COALITION THAT WORKED ON THIS STUFF TEN YEARS AGO.
03:25:48 RIGHT? WE ADVOCATED FOR COMMUNITY
03:25:49 BASED PLANNING TO BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR FAMILIES
03:25:52 AND TO CARE TO CALL THREATS TO CALL FOR SOLAR ACCESS AT
03:25:56 MARSHALL. THAT'S ALL BEEN THROWN OUT THE
03:25:57 WINDOW WITH THE SUBDIVISION THAT IS WRONG.
03:26:00 I SUPPORT A SALES FORCE TOWER OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR
03:26:01 HOMELESS FAMILIES ON THAT PARCEL UNQUESTIONINGLY THAT'S
03:26:05 WHAT WE NEED PROJECT SPONSORS HAVE NOT REACHED OUT TO ANY
03:26:08 MARSHALL AREA RESIDENTS THEY CALL THEIR NONPROFIT CLERK TO
03:26:11 RIG PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT. THEY'VE KEPT THEIR CARDS CLOSE
03:26:12 TO THE VEST BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT PERCEPTION IN PHASE ONE
03:26:16 WITH A GENDER OPPOSITION. THE FIRST WE LEARN WAS AT THE
03:26:17 MISSION CABINS COMMUNITY MEETING MEMBER MEETINGS SINCE
03:26:19 MISSION CABINS WENT IN WHERE MISSION CABINS TOLD US WHAT
03:26:21 WE'RE GOING TO GET. WE DIDN'T APPEAL BECAUSE IT WAS
03:26:24 THE ONLY WAY FOR THE COMMUNITY TO BE HEARD.
03:26:27 OUR CLAIMS THAT THE SUBDIVISION DOES INCREASE DANGEROUS.
03:26:28 THE RISK IN MARSHALL HAS NOT BEEN ADDRESSED BY SPONSORS
03:26:31 AND STANDS. WE LIVE THIS EVERY DAY MARSHALL
03:26:34 FAMILY SUPPORT DENSE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON THE PARCEL
03:26:38 AND POSTED ON TOP OF THEIR KIDS SCHOOLS.
03:26:39 YOUTH HAVE A RIGHT TO BE SAFE AROUND AND WALKING TO THEIR
03:26:43 SCHOOLS AND YOUTH OF COLOR HAVE A RIGHT FOR THEIR CITY NOT TO
03:26:46 DO A RACISM TO THEM THIS SENDS A MESSAGE TO KIDS OF COLOR THAT
03:26:50 YOU ARE EXPENDABLE SECOND CLASS CITIZENS OF THE MARSHALL
03:26:53 COMMUNITY IS ANTI NIMBY. WE'VE TAKEN IN OUR BACKYARD BUT
03:26:54 MOST OF YOU WON'T EVER HAVE IN YOURS.
03:26:57 WE'VE SEEN THE WORK WE'RE DEMANDING OF THE CITY NOT BLOW
03:27:00 IT AGAIN AND FURTHER ENDANGER OUR NEIGHBORS.
03:27:01 KIDS PROJECT SPONSORS ARE THE NIMBYS HERE WE ARE THE END
03:27:05 BECAUSE WE WANT PERMANENT AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR FAMILIES
03:27:07 AS DENSE AS YOU CAN GET. WE CAN'T TRUST A SHAKY
03:27:09 NONPROFIT BUDGETS TO FOLLOW THROUGH WITH SECURITY
03:27:13 OBLIGATIONS. WHAT IF THEY LOSE FUNDING?
03:27:14 WE'RE SCREWED. >> DEFENDERS CALL ON SUPES TO
03:27:17 SUSTAIN THE APPEAL AND FORCE SPONSORS ON A COUNCIL A
03:27:20 NONPROFIT ARTS CLASSIC IS TO WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY TO
03:27:23 BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR HOMELESS FAMILIES THAT POSES NO
03:27:25 SUCH DANGERS. YOU'VE HEARD FROM THE
03:27:27 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPAL. OKAY.
03:27:28 FIRST DO NO MORE HARM THAN THE CITY HAS ALREADY DONE TO OUR
03:27:32 NEIGHBORHOOD. WE NEED TO BUILD UP.
03:27:35 WE DON'T NEED ANY MORE BURDEN. WE'VE TAKEN MORE THAN ANY OF
03:27:37 YOUR NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE EVER TAKEN AND WE WANT TO SEE
03:27:39 PERMANENT AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR HOMELESS FAMILIES AS HIGH
03:27:43 AS YOU CAN GO. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
03:27:46 AND MR. SOLOMON, WE'VE PRINTED OUT OUR COMMUNICATION AND WE'LL
03:27:48 PROVIDE IT TO YOU IN JUST A MOMENT.
03:27:51 >> ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, THE PUBLIC HEARING
03:27:55 HAS BEEN HELD AND IS NOW FILED AND AS PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED,
03:27:59 WE'RE NOW GOING TO CONSIDER WHETHER TO APPROVE OR
03:28:01 CONDITIONALLY DISAPPROVE THE DECISION OF PUBLIC WORKS
03:28:03 AND THE TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP. AND I SEE THREE COLLEAGUES
03:28:09 IN THE QUEUE. SUPERVISOR DORSEY THANK YOU
03:28:13 PRESIDENT MANDOLIN. >> SO THIS IS A RARE AND MAYBE
03:28:20 EVEN UNIQUE LAND USE APPEAL IN THAT I AM STRONGLY
03:28:24 SYMPATHETIC TO CONCERNS VOICED BY THE APPELLANTS BECAUSE THEIR
03:28:27 CONCERNS ARE VERY SIMILAR TO CONCERNS I HEAR REGULARLY FROM
03:28:32 THE RESIDENTS OF MY DISTRICT WHOSE HOMES AND BUSINESSES ARE
03:28:36 ADJACENT TO PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FACILITIES.
03:28:39 >> I WILL SAY IN THIS LITTLE ARCANE PROCEEDING, YOU KNOW
03:28:43 WE'RE HAVING A POLICY CONVERSATION NOW THAT MAYBE WE
03:28:47 WEREN'T PLANNING ON HAVING AS PRESIDENT RANDLEMAN SAID.
03:28:50 >> BUT I AM A LITTLE TROUBLED BY SOME OF THE CONFLATION
03:28:54 BETWEEN THE POLICY CONVERSATION AROUND AFFORDABLE HOUSING WHICH
03:28:58 I THINK EVERYONE SUPPORTS AND PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE
03:28:59 HOUSING WHICH I THINK HAS REAL PROBLEMS THAT WE AS
03:29:02 POLICYMAKERS REALLY NEED TO DIG IN ON AND HELP TO SOLVE.
03:29:06 AND THAT I WOULD ARGUE THAT WE IGNORE AT OUR PERIL VIRTUALLY
03:29:10 ALL PCH FACILITIES IN THIS CITY EMBRACE DRUG TOLERANT POLICIES
03:29:18 THAT ARE MANDATED BY CALIFORNIA'S IMPLEMENTATION OF
03:29:22 HOUSING FIRST. THIS OFTEN COMES UP IN PUBLIC
03:29:25 SETTINGS WITH THE RESIDENTS THAT I WORK WITH WHEN WE HAVE
03:29:30 PCH FACILITIES IN SOUTH OF MARKET, THE THINGS THAT END UP
03:29:34 ON SOCIAL MEDIA ARE PROVISIONS FROM THE HOUSING FIRST POLICY
03:29:38 SAYING THAT TENANT SCREENING AND SELECTION PRACTICES PROMOTE
03:29:42 ACCEPTING OUR CLEAN UP APPLICANTS REGARDLESS OF THEIR
03:29:45 SOBRIETY OR USE OF SUBSTANCES THAT THE USE OF DRUGS IN AND OF
03:29:49 ITSELF WITHOUT OTHER LEASE PROVISIONS IS NOT A REASON FOR
03:29:53 EVICTION. THAT RECOGNIZES DRUG USE AS AN
03:29:56 ADDICTION AS PART OF TENANTS LIVES WHERE TENANTS ARE ENGAGED
03:30:00 IN NONJUDGMENTAL COMMUNICATION REGARDING THEIR ALCOHOL
03:30:04 AND DRUG USE. SO THIS IS THE FEATURE AND THIS
03:30:07 IS AND THIS IS THE THING THAT RESIDENTS ARE OBJECTING TO
03:30:11 AND WHEN WE TELL THEM THAT THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE DRUG
03:30:16 RELATED BAD BEHAVIOR, THEY KNOW THAT WE'RE NOT ACCURATE ABOUT
03:30:19 THAT. I DON'T OPPOSE HOUSING FIRST.
03:30:22 I DO WISH CALIFORNIA BACK IN 2016 HAD EMBRACED AN
03:30:26 APPROACH TO HOUSING FIRST THAT THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION'S HUD
03:30:31 HAD RECOMMENDED WHICH THAT THERE SHOULD BE RECOVERY
03:30:35 INCLUSIVE. I APPLAUD THE WORK BEING DONE
03:30:38 BY MY PREDECESSOR MATT HANEY, WHO WAS IN THE LEGISLATURE
03:30:41 RIGHT NOW TRYING TO LEGALIZE FUNDING FOR DRUG FREE
03:30:45 AND RECOVERY ORIENTED HOUSING OPTIONS WITHIN OUR HOUSING
03:30:48 FIRST FRAMEWORK. BUT I DO THINK WE HAVE TO
03:30:50 ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACT THAT PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING
03:30:53 SITES IN OUR CITY ARE ROUTINELY AMONG THE MOST RESPONDED TO
03:30:59 RESIDENTIAL ADDRESSES FOR 911 CALLS FOR SERVICE AND THAT'S
03:31:03 ESPECIALLY TRUE FOR POLICE CALLS FOR SERVICE.
03:31:04 AND THAT CAN BE SOMEWHAT EXASPERATING BECAUSE WHAT I
03:31:08 HEAR FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELESSNESS AND SUPPORTIVE
03:31:12 HOUSING AND WHAT I HEAR FROM OUR NONPROFIT PARTNERS IS THAT
03:31:14 NO ONE HAS IT IN THEIR BUDGET TO PROVIDE SECURITY FOR SITES.
03:31:19 AND AS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WHO HAS SOME
03:31:22 RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ENTIRE CITYWIDE BUDGET BUDGET THAT'S
03:31:27 EXASPERATING TO HEAR BECAUSE THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN
03:31:30 FRANCISCO IS PROVIDING SECURITY.
03:31:31 WE'RE PROVIDING THE MOST INEFFICIENT AND EXPENSIVE
03:31:34 SECURITY BECAUSE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS SHOWING UP AT
03:31:37 THESE FACILITIES ONCE OR TWICE A DAY WHEN WE COULD BE HAVING
03:31:41 MAYBE RETHINKING ABOUT HOW WE'RE FUNDING THESE SO THAT
03:31:42 WE'RE AVOIDING THOSE PROBLEMS. OUR FAILURE TO DO SO IS WHY
03:31:46 WE'RE LOSING THE CONFIDENCE OF SAN FRANCISCANS.
03:31:50 >> ONE THING I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE ON IS THAT AS A CITY WE
03:31:53 SEEM TO BE ASKING PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING TO SOLVE
03:31:57 PROBLEMS THAT PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING WAS NEVER
03:32:00 INTENDED TO SOLVE. I HAD A HEARING LAST YEAR ON
03:32:04 SECURITY ISSUES AROUND PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING
03:32:07 INCLUDING ONE THAT WAS IN MISSION BAY IRONICALLY NEXT
03:32:11 TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING A BLOCK THAT ONE WOULD EXPECT TO
03:32:15 BE THE SAFEST IN SAN FRANCISCO AND THERE THAT WAS ONE OF THE
03:32:18 TOP CALLS FOR POLICE SERVICE AND THE CALLS ABOUT DRUG USE
03:32:22 AND VIOLENCE AND NUISANCE BEHAVIOR WERE JUST OFF THE HOOK
03:32:26 AND THERE WAS IN THAT HEARING A LOT OF TALK FROM NEIGHBORS
03:32:30 AND ALSO RESIDENTS OF THE FACILITY TALKING ABOUT THE FACT
03:32:34 THAT THERE WAS A WOMAN WHO SPENT ALL NIGHT SCREAMING
03:32:38 AND NOBODY COULD GET ANY SLEEP. >> AND AFTER THAT HEARING I WAS
03:32:42 HAUNTED THAT YES, WE HAVE RESIDENTS ACROSS THE STREET WHO
03:32:43 ARE OBJECTING TO THE NOISE FROM THE WOMAN SCREAMING AND YES,
03:32:49 THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THAT PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE
03:32:51 HOUSING FACILITY WHO ARE UPSET BECAUSE THERE'S A WOMAN
03:32:53 SCREAMING. BUT I'M ALSO HAUNTED BY THE
03:32:54 FACT THAT I HAVE HAD A CONSTITUENT WHO SPENT THE NIGHT
03:32:58 SCREAMING AND WHAT ARE WE DOING FOR HER AND WHAT WE OWE THE
03:33:02 KIND OF LEVEL OF CARE THAT WE OWE HER AND WHAT WE GAVE HER
03:33:06 INSTEAD WAS A LEASE AND A KEY. WE I THINK WE FINALLY GOT THAT
03:33:12 PERSON THE LEVEL OF CARE THAT SHE NEEDED.
03:33:13 BUT THAT IS SOMETHING ELSE THAT I THINK WE AS POLICYMAKERS NEED
03:33:17 TO HAVE SERIOUS CONVERSATIONS ABOUT.
03:33:20 >> TWO WEEKENDS AGO I HAD I HAD TO CALL 911 MYSELF FOR A
03:33:24 NEIGHBOR OF MINE WHOSE MY DOG IS FRIENDS WITH HER DOG SHE
03:33:30 DOESN'T HAVE A PHONE. SHE LIVES IN A PERMANENT
03:33:32 SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FACILITY. SHE'S BEING THREATENED BY
03:33:35 SOMEBODY THERE AS SOMEBODY WHO'S VERY OUT ABOUT BEING
03:33:37 IN RECOVERY FROM ADDICTION MYSELF I HEAR FROM A LOT OF
03:33:39 PEOPLE IN THE RECOVERY COMMUNITY WHO LIVE IN PERMANENT
03:33:43 SUPPORTIVE HOUSING WHO ARE BEGGING AND PLEADING WITH ME TO
03:33:47 DO EVERYTHING I CAN TO FIGHT FOR DRUG FREE AND RECOVERY
03:33:48 HOUSING OPTIONS. I HAD ONE CONSTITUENT WHO EVEN
03:33:51 SAID IF IT WEREN'T FOR THE FACT THAT HE HAD THE RESPONSIBILITY
03:33:55 TO TAKE CARE OF A DOG HE WOULD RATHER BE ON THE STREET.
03:33:58 >> IT WAS A MAD HOUSE WHERE HE WAS LIVING.
03:33:59 SO I DO THINK THAT YOU KNOW, I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS
03:34:03 PARTICULAR PROJECT HAS ITS OWN HISTORY BUT I WOULD FEEL MUCH
03:34:07 BETTER TO HEAR FROM NONPROFIT PARTNERS AND ANY CITY
03:34:10 POLICYMAKER IS THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO TO LISTEN TO
03:34:15 OUR SIDES, TO HEAR ALL PERSPECTIVES AND TO ACKNOWLEDGE
03:34:18 PROBLEMS WHERE THEY EXIST. AND I'M TROUBLED WHEN I HEAR
03:34:22 PEOPLE SORT OF SHAMED AS PRIVILEGE NIMBYS WHEN I DON'T
03:34:27 THINK THAT'S TRUE. >> ALL THAT BEING SAID, YOU
03:34:30 KNOW THE BOARD'S LEGAL DUTY HERE IS TO ADDRESS WHAT IS AT
03:34:33 ISSUE IN THIS APPEAL. THIS IS A TENTATIVE MAP UNDER
03:34:37 THE PLANNING CODE A SUBDIVISION OF A PARCEL, A PARCEL I AGREE
03:34:41 WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT'S CONCLUSION THAT THE APPELLANT'S
03:34:42 CONCERNS RELATE TO MATTERS THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF THE TENTATIVE
03:34:45 MAP THAT'S UNDER APPEAL. I'LL BE SUPPORTING THE PROJECT
03:34:49 OPPOSING THE APPEAL BASED ON THIS PROCEEDING BUT AS
03:34:52 POLICYMAKERS BECAUSE THE POLICY CONVERSATION CAME UP, I THINK
03:34:57 IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE ALL RECOGNIZE THAT WE HAVE A
03:35:01 LOT OF WORK TO DO IN THIS CITY TO GET PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE
03:35:05 HOUSING. RIGHT.
03:35:05 AND I HOPE THAT WE WILL CONSIDER THINGS THAT WE CAN DO
03:35:08 TO EXPAND DRUG FREE AND RECOVERY INCLUSIVE OF
03:35:13 OPTIONS IN OUR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PORTFOLIO.
03:35:16 >> SUPERVISOR MELGAR THANK YOU PRESIDENT.
03:35:20 >> I ALSO WILL BE SUPPORTING THE PROJECT IN VOTING AGAINST
03:35:25 THE APPEAL. IT IS, YOU KNOW, FAIRLY
03:35:29 STRAIGHTFORWARD IN TERMS OF THE TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF IT AND WE
03:35:35 HEARD FROM THE DEVELOPER THAT IT IS NEEDED FOR THE PROJECT TO
03:35:39 PROCEED WITH FINANCING BUT I WANTED TO ADDRESS A COUPLE OF
03:35:43 THE ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT UP MORE PHILOSOPHICALLY
03:35:47 IN THIS CONVERSATION LIKE MY COLLEAGUE FROM DISTRICT SIX.
03:35:50 >> SO ONE OF MY VERY FIRST JOBS IN SAN FRANCISCO WAS WORKING
03:35:57 FOR AN ORGANIZATION CALLED THE IRISH CENTER THAT PROVIDED
03:35:59 PERINATAL ALL SUPPORT TO WOMEN WHO USE DRUGS OUTRIGHT.
03:36:05 THERE ARE BETWEEN 14TH AND 17TH AND YOU KNOW, ROUGHLY THAN
03:36:13 VALENCIA AND CAPP STREET AND AT THE TIME WE WERE STILL YOU
03:36:17 KNOW, IN THE DAYS OF AIDS TRANSMISSION IN MY JOB WAS TO
03:36:21 HAND OUT CONDOMS AND BLEACH TO THE LADIES WHO WORKED IN THE
03:36:24 SORROWS ON MISSION STREET AND THIS WAS A POPULATION THAT
03:36:28 WAS THEN ON THE STREETS 30 YEARS AGO AND IT'S STILL THERE
03:36:33 NOW. >> SO I DON'T THINK IT IS
03:36:36 CORRECT TO SAY THAT THE MISSION CABINS OR LE PHENIX OR ANY OF
03:36:41 THESE NEW ACTIVITIES HAVE, YOU KNOW, BROUGHT THIS POPULATION
03:36:48 BECAUSE I CAN TELL YOU THIS POPULATION WAS ALWAYS THERE
03:36:53 AND NO, IT HAS NOT INCREASED. THE DRUG OF CHOICE IS
03:36:56 DIFFERENT. BACK THEN IT WAS HEROIN A
03:36:59 DECADE BEFORE THAT IT WAS CRACK.
03:37:00 TODAY IT'S FENTANYL. BUT I YOU KNOW TO TO YOUR POINT
03:37:07 AT SUPERVISOR DORSEY, I DO THINK WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY
03:37:10 TO LOOK AT HOW WE'RE SPENDING OUR DOLLARS TO SEE WHETHER WHAT
03:37:15 WE ARE SPENDING ON WORKS AND IF IT DOESN'T WORK TO ADJUST THE
03:37:19 MODEL BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT 30 YEARS AGO WHEN MOST OF THESE
03:37:23 FOLKS WERE LIVING IN SRO THAT ARE PRIVATELY OWNED WITH NO
03:37:27 SERVICES THAT DIDN'T WORK EITHER.
03:37:30 SO YOU KNOW, I, I THINK THAT YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SPENT A LOT
03:37:35 OF TIME TALKING ABOUT GETTING PEOPLE OFF THE STREETS, GETTING
03:37:38 SUPPORTS AROUND THEM. >> I DO BELIEVE THAT PERMANENT
03:37:42 SUPPORTIVE HOUSING IS PART OF THAT ANSWER.
03:37:46 I DON'T THINK IT'S THE WHOLE ANSWER.
03:37:47 I DON'T THINK IT'S A MODEL THAT WORKS PERFECTLY.
03:37:51 I THINK THAT THERE'S AN EVOLUTION THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN
03:37:54 IN LIFE THAT WE CAN DO. BUT ONE THING I'M SURE OF IS
03:37:58 THAT IT'S UNACCEPTABLE TO HAVE PEOPLE LIVING ON THE STREETS
03:38:01 DECAYING TO THEIR DEATH USING AND NOT PROVIDING THEM
03:38:05 SERVICES. SO THIS PROJECT WILL BUILD A
03:38:09 HOUSING FOR FOLKS WHO HAVE STRUGGLED WITH DRUG ADDICTION
03:38:14 AND ALSO FOR SENIORS AND ALSO FOR FAMILIES WHICH WE
03:38:18 DESPERATELY NEED. SO I ALSO WAS ON THE PLANNING
03:38:21 COMMISSION AND WHEN WE HELD THE HEARING ON THE PROJECT THAT DID
03:38:30 NOT GO FORWARD THAT WAS PROPOSED BY MAXIMUS WE HELD A
03:38:33 HUGE HEARING AT MISSION HIGH SCHOOL WHEN WHERE HUNDREDS OF
03:38:37 COMMUNITY MEMBERS YOU KNOW, LATINO COMMUNITY, CHINESE
03:38:41 COMMUNITY FOR THE YIMBY'S EVERYONE CAME OUT AND TALKED
03:38:49 ABOUT HOW WHAT WE NEEDED IN THE MISSION WAS DEEPLY AFFORDABLE
03:38:52 HOUSING. SO THERE WERE PROTESTS THAT THE
03:38:57 CASE 16 COALITION THIS WAS YOU KNOW ALMOST A DECADE OF WORK OF
03:39:02 COMMUNITY ORGANIZING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD AFFORDABLE
03:39:05 HOUSING AT THIS CORNER AND I AM PROUD TO SUPPORT IT NOT TO
03:39:09 MINIMIZE THIS AT THE ISSUES MARSHALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HAS
03:39:13 BEEN IN THIS SPOT NOT IN THE SAME BUILDING IN THIS SPOT FOR
03:39:18 100 YEARS IN THE CONDITIONS ON THE STREET ARE UNACCEPTABLE.
03:39:21 I DON'T THINK IT'S DUE TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
03:39:24 I DON'T EVEN THINK IT'S DUE TO PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
03:39:28 I THINK IT IS A FAILURE OF OUR CITY GOVERNMENT TO PROVIDE
03:39:32 SECURITY SERVICES FOR THIS COMMUNITY AND TO PROVIDE
03:39:36 HOUSING AND SERVICES THAT ARE TARGETED AND ADEQUATE.
03:39:44 BUT I THINK THAT HOUSING IS ACTUALLY PART OF THE SOLUTION
03:39:48 AND I'M PROUD TO DENY THE APPEAL.
03:39:49 >> THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR WALTON THANK YOU PRESIDENT MET AND I
03:39:53 JUST WANT TO SAY AS WE LOOK AT THE APPEAL ITSELF, I BELIEVE
03:40:00 THAT PLANNING AND DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS HAVE GIVEN THE
03:40:04 APPROPRIATE RESPONSE IN TERMS OF WHAT IS ALLOWABLE BY CODE
03:40:08 HERE IN SAN FRANCISCO. BUT WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY
03:40:14 BEFORE I INTERRUPTED MYSELF WAS THE ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN
03:40:19 RAISED HERE BY COMMUNITY ONE ARE NOT TO BE INVALIDATED
03:40:23 IN OUR IMPORTANT BUT I ALSO THINK THAT THERE ARE WAYS TO
03:40:27 MITIGATE THOSE CONCERNS AND THIS WOULD ACTUALLY NOT BE
03:40:33 THE FIRST TIME WHERE WE HAVE SEEN A SITUATION WHERE WE'VE
03:40:36 HAD PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND OTHER TYPES OF
03:40:40 HOUSING QUITE FRANKLY THAT FOLKS DON'T NECESSARILY GET
03:40:43 EXCITED ABOUT AND CLOSE PROXIMITY TO SCHOOLS, TO
03:40:47 BUSINESSES AND TO OTHER RESIDENTS OR AREAS.
03:40:51 BUT THIS PROJECT IS VERY IMPORTANT AND IF I GO BACK
03:40:56 AND LOOK AT PROJECTS LIKE WHEN WE HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT
03:41:00 BRINGING A STAY OVER SITE TO ONE TO VISIT THE HORACE MANN
03:41:04 AND THE WORK THAT WE HAD TO DO WITH THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY WHEN
03:41:08 I WAS ON THE BOARD OF EDUCATION THEN AND SUPERVISOR RONEN WAS
03:41:11 IN OFFICE OR EVEN THE PROXIMITY OF THE SAFE PARKING SITE TO
03:41:15 BRETT HART AND MY COMMUNITY WHERE WE HAD TO WORK ON HOW WE
03:41:19 WOULD MITIGATE CONCERNS OF COMMUNITY SORT OF CONCERNS ARE
03:41:23 VERY REAL BUT THE WORK THAT HAS GONE INTO GETTING TO THIS POINT
03:41:29 AT THIS SITE IS ALSO VERY REAL AND IS SOMETHING THAT I ALSO
03:41:33 CANNOT OVERLOOK AS WE HAVE A POLICY CONVERSATION AND I WOULD
03:41:40 LOVE FOR ALL HOUSING TO BE 100% SUBSTANCE ABUSE FREE BUT THE
03:41:47 REALITY OF IT IS WE CANNOT KEEP PEOPLE LIVING ON THE STREETS
03:41:52 BECAUSE OF ADDICTION OR BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT
03:41:56 MIGHT AFFECT THEM NEGATIVELY. WE HAVE TO PROVIDE THE HOUSING
03:42:00 I THINK THERE IS A BIGGER CONVERSATION TO YOUR POINT
03:42:04 SUPERVISOR DORSEY BUT MOST CERTAINLY WE HAVE TO GET
03:42:08 EXCITED ABOUT A PROJECT THAT IS GOING TO PROVIDE HOUSING FOR
03:42:12 SENIORS THAT IS GOING TO PROVIDE HOUSING FOR FOR
03:42:15 FAMILIES THAT IS GOING TO PROVIDE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE
03:42:16 HOUSING AND GET FOLKS OFF THE STREET ALL THE SERVICES THAT
03:42:20 NEED TO ACCOMPANY THAT. THAT'S IMPORTANT AND WE HAVE TO
03:42:24 FIGHT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT HAPPENS.
03:42:26 MITIGATING THE CONCERNS THAT WERE EXPRESSED TODAY BY A
03:42:31 SCHOOL COMMUNITY. ABSOLUTELY.
03:42:31 WE HAVE TO COME UP WITH STRATEGIES TO MITIGATE THAT.
03:42:35 BUT THIS IS AN IMPORTANT PROJECT FOR THE CITY.
03:42:38 IT'S AN IMPORTANT PROJECT FOR THAT COMMUNITY AND I DO NOT
03:42:42 LIVE IN A MISSION BUT I MOST CERTAINLY HAVE WORKED CLOSELY
03:42:45 WITH A LOT OF LEADERS IN THAT COMMUNITY AROUND THIS
03:42:49 PARTICULAR PROJECT FOR A VERY LONG TIME AND THIS IS SOMETHING
03:42:53 THAT IS WELCOME AND IN COMMUNITY THE PEOPLE EXPRESSED
03:42:57 CONCERNS MOST CERTAINLY THEY'RE VALID AND I THINK THAT A LOT OF
03:43:05 THAT CAN BE MITIGATED AND OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE GOING
03:43:06 TO BE MORE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW TO COME TOGETHER, WHAT TO
03:43:09 DO TO ADDRESS CONCERNS. BUT FROM A POLICY STANDPOINT
03:43:13 THIS IS IMPORTANT HOUSING THAT THIS COMMUNITY HAS FOUGHT FOR
03:43:17 FOR OVER A DECADE QUITE FRANKLY.
03:43:20 BUT EVEN POLICY ASIDE AND MY PERSONAL FEELINGS ASIDE, IF WE
03:43:28 TAKE THE HEAR ON THIS HEARING ON ITS MERITS, WE HAVE TO STAND
03:43:32 BY IT PLANNING AND DPW. >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
03:43:36 SUPERVISOR FIELDER THANKS, PRESIDENT ADELMAN THANK YOU,
03:43:40 COLLEAGUES. I HAVE A LOT TO SAY SO EVERYONE
03:43:44 BUCKLE UP. >> FIRST OFF, IT'S KIND OF A
03:43:50 FULL CIRCLE MOMENT. I MYSELF WAS IN THE AUDIENCE AT
03:43:53 MISSION HIGH SO MANY YEARS AGO IN SUPPORT OF THIS PROJECT
03:44:00 AND THEN COMMISSIONER MELGAR, PRESIDENT OF THE COMMISSION WAS
03:44:04 PRESIDING OVER THE TOWN HALL AND SO THIS IS INDEED A LONG,
03:44:07 LONG JOURNEY THAT THAT BEGINS SO BEYOND THIS ROOM AND SO
03:44:12 BEYOND THE PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM JUST FIRST OFF, THIS APPEAL IS
03:44:16 NOT IN FACT AN APPEAL OF THE PROJECT ITSELF.
03:44:20 IT'S A CHALLENGE TO A MINISTERIAL SUBDIVISION OF THE
03:44:23 PARCEL MAP WHICH IS A PROCEDURAL STEP HANDLED BY THE
03:44:27 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND IS REQUIRED FOR THE PROJECT
03:44:30 TO PROCEED. >> THIS IS NOT THE EXACT PROPER
03:44:34 VENUE FOR OPPOSING THE PROJECT ITSELF.
03:44:37 THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT REVIEW THIS APPLICATION IN COMPLIANCE
03:44:39 WITH STATE HOUSING LAWS THAT REQUIRE CITIES TO APPROVE
03:44:42 QUALIFYING AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS MINISTERIAL
03:44:45 MINISTERIAL. IN SHORT, THE CITY FOLLOWED
03:44:49 STATE LAW. >> LAMARR VILLA IS A 100%
03:44:52 AFFORDABLE AND PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT
03:44:56 WITH DEEP ROOTS IN COMMUNITY ORGANIZING AND PUBLIC NEED THAT
03:45:01 MEETS BOTH THE LETTER AND THE SPIRIT OF STATE LAW AND THE
03:45:05 APPEALS CLAIMS ABOUT THE PROJECT ALL FALL UNDER THE
03:45:09 PURVIEW OF PLANNING APPROVAL OF THE PROJECT NOT PUBLIC WORKS
03:45:13 SUBDIVISION OF THE PARCEL MAP AND PLANNING CLEARLY DID THEIR
03:45:17 DUE DILIGENCE AND COMPLIED WITH THE LAW IN APPROVING THIS
03:45:21 PROJECT BUT HOLDING THE LAND USE MATTERS FOR ASIDE I WANT TO
03:45:25 TAKE SOME TIME TO ADDRESS THE CONCERNS RAISED ABOUT PUBLIC
03:45:29 SAFETY FULL STOP. >> IT'S NOT ACCEPTABLE FOR
03:45:33 CHILDREN OR MARSHALL STUDENTS TO FEEL UNSAFE WALKING TO
03:45:37 SCHOOL OR TO SEE PUBLIC DRUG USE OR BE SUBJECT TO VIOLENCE
03:45:43 FROM DAY ONE MY OFFICE HAS BEEN ACTIVELY WORKING WITH CITY
03:45:47 DEPARTMENTS TO IMPROVE SAFETY AND CONDITIONS AT 16 STREET
03:45:51 AND THE SURROUNDING AREA. >> IT'S BEEN A TOP PRIORITY FOR
03:45:55 ME NOT AN AFTERTHOUGHT. MY STAFF AND I, WE ALL LIVE
03:45:59 IN THE MISSION. WE WALK THROUGH 16TH STREET
03:46:02 EVERY DAY. >> WE MONITOR CONDITIONS AT THE
03:46:06 BART PLAZA AND NEARBY BLOCKS. >> WE ARE CONSTANTLY ON THE
03:46:11 PHONE WITH RESIDENTS SMALL BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY ORGS.
03:46:14 >> ONE OF MY FIRST ACTS IN OFFICE WAS TAKING THE
03:46:17 MAYOR ON A WALK DOWN 16TH STREET VOTING TO SUPPORT THE
03:46:21 MAYOR'S FENTANYL EMERGENCY ORDINANCE AND ASK HIM TO
03:46:25 UNFREEZE THE VENDING INSPECTORS THAT WERE CAUGHT IN IS HIRING
03:46:29 FREEZE AND WE GOT THEM UNFROZEN.
03:46:32 THEY'RE OUT THERE TODAY. I TOLD THE MAYOR I WOULDN'T BE
03:46:36 SUPPORTING A RENEWAL OF THE FENTANYL EMERGENCY ORDINANCE IF
03:46:40 IT DOESN'T BENEFIT THE MISSION AND IF CONDITIONS DETERIORATE
03:46:43 REGARDING DISPLACEMENT WHICH IS WHAT I HEAR ABOUT ALMOST EVERY
03:46:49 DAY I HEAR YOU. >> I'VE BEEN CONSISTENTLY
03:46:52 BEATING THIS DRUM ABOUT THE CITY'S FAILED STRATEGY OF
03:46:55 DISPLACING PEOPLE FROM NEIGHBORHOODS TO NEIGHBORHOOD
03:46:59 AND BLOCK TO BLOCK. IT WAS THEN AS A PD COMMANDER
03:47:03 LOU MONTHS AGO OUT OF COMMITTEE HEARING OPENLY ADMITTING THAT
03:47:07 DISPLACEMENT IS PART OF SFP STRATEGY FOR MANAGING PUBLIC
03:47:11 DRUG USE SUPERVISOR DORSEY IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT
03:47:15 INEFFICIENT SECURITY I SUBMITTED A LETTER OF INQUIRY
03:47:19 TO S.F. PD TWO WEEKS AGO AND RECENTLY FOUND OUT FROM THE
03:47:23 ANSWERS THAT S.F. PD AND THE SHERIFF'S HAS SPENT UPWARDS OF
03:47:29 $350,000 OF OVERTIME RESPONDING TO ANTI ICE AND ANTI TRUMP
03:47:33 PROTESTS. >> IT WAS THIS BOARD WITH
03:47:37 MYSELF AND SUPERVISOR WALTON DISSENT THAT APPROVED $9
03:47:40 MILLION IN OVERTIME WITHOUT ANY INSIGHT AT ALL INTO HOW
03:47:44 OFFICERS ARE SPENDING THEIR OVERTIME HOURS.
03:47:47 >> THAT'S WHY I CONTINUED TO HOLD AS A PD ACCOUNTABLE FOR
03:47:51 CALLING OUT SICK THE SAME DAY THAT SOME OFFICERS ARE
03:47:53 MOONLIGHTING AS PRIVATE SECURITY AND THE TEN BE RUN A
03:47:57 COP PROGRAM AS OPINION SHERIFFS GOT MORE THAN $50 MILLION
03:48:03 IN THIS BUDGET FOR OVERTIME AND WAGE INCREASE.
03:48:07 SUPERVISOR DORSEY YOU SAID THE ORGANIZATIONS AND OPERATORS OF
03:48:10 PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING DON'T HAVE ENOUGH FUNDING FOR
03:48:14 SECURITY. >> WE DON'T EVEN GIVE THEM
03:48:15 ENOUGH FUNDING TO PROVIDE LIVING WAGES FOR CASEWORKERS.
03:48:18 MAYBE THEY WOULD HAVE FUNDING IF THE CITY GAVE JUST A SMIDGE
03:48:25 OF THE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS THAT GOES TO POLICE
03:48:27 OVERTIME AND INVESTS IT IN AMBASSADORS AND ENGAGEMENT
03:48:31 SPECIALISTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE OUTSIDE THESE PLACES.
03:48:37 >> ASIDE FROM THAT, I'VE BEEN IN A FERVENT SEARCH IN MY FIRST
03:48:41 SIX MONTHS IN OFFICE FOR LONG TERM SOLUTIONS THAT WORK.
03:48:45 I CONVENED A HEARING CO-SPONSORED BY MEMBERS OF THIS
03:48:46 BOARD VISOR MAHMUD'S VISOR, DORSEY'S VISOR, WALTON'S
03:48:49 RESOLUTION ON THE FOUR PILLARS STRATEGY IN LIGHT OF INCREASED
03:48:56 PUBLIC DRUG USE AND RISING RISING OVERDOSES IN THE MISSION
03:48:59 . AND IN THIS HEARING I ASKED
03:49:00 THIS AS A PD AGAIN WHAT IS THEIR PLAN TO MITIGATE
03:49:04 DISPLACEMENT AND THEY COULDN'T PROVIDE AN ANSWER AND WHERE WE
03:49:07 LEARNED THAT ZURICH, SWITZERLAND IN THE FACE OF A
03:49:10 SIMILAR CRISIS DEPLOYING THE STRATEGIES OF HARM REDUCTION
03:49:15 PREVENTION TREATMENT AND ENFORCEMENT TO DRAMATICALLY
03:49:19 TRANSFORM THEIR CITY INTO ONE OF THE SAFEST CITIES IN THE
03:49:23 WORLD. >> A SMART BALANCE STRATEGY IS
03:49:30 RIGHT THERE. >> BUT SO FAR WHAT I'VE SEEN
03:49:31 FROM OUR BUDGET DECISIONS IS THAT THE CITY CONTINUES TO BET
03:49:35 THAT ENFORCEMENT ALONE AND THE ACCEPTED NATURAL DISPLACEMENT
03:49:43 OF PEOPLE FROM NEIGHBORHOOD TO NEIGHBORHOOD IS WHAT'S GOING TO
03:49:47 GET US OUT OF THIS MESS. IN MAY I HOSTED A TOWN HALL
03:49:50 ALONGSIDE AS A PD BART THE NEW DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY
03:49:55 MANAGEMENT NEIGHBORHOOD TEAM SPECIFICALLY TO GIVE THE
03:49:58 COMMUNITY THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE CONCERNS ABOUT 16TH
03:50:00 STREET AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS WHEN THAT SHOOTING
03:50:03 HAPPENED OUTSIDE OF MARSHALL, MY OFFICE CONNECTED MARSHALL
03:50:07 DIRECTLY WITH THE ASIAN MISSION STATION POLICE CAPTAIN TO
03:50:10 ENSURE FAMILIES AND STUDENTS FELT SAFE COMING BACK TO SCHOOL
03:50:14 . >> I'VE BEEN WORKING ON
03:50:14 ADVANCING SUSTAINABLE LONG TERM SOLUTIONS INCLUDING MEANINGFUL
03:50:18 VENDING REFORMS TO PROMOTE SAFETY AND A MORE STRATEGIC
03:50:22 PUBLIC HEALTH RESPONSE TO THE DRUG CRISIS THAT PRODUCES REAL
03:50:26 OUTCOMES AND DATA NOT HEADLINES AS IN THIS BUDGET I ADVOCATED
03:50:31 FOR $2 MILLION TO BE ALLOCATED TO NON-POLICE COMMUNITY
03:50:34 ENGAGEMENT SPECIALISTS TO SUPPLEMENT SECURITY ALL ALONG
03:50:37 MISSION STREET FROM 24 TO SIXTH STREET 16TH AND WHILE WE DIDN'T
03:50:44 GET ALL OF THAT 2 MILLION WE DIDN'T PRESERVE THE
03:50:45 COMMUNICATION SPECIALISTS TO BE ABLE TO TRANSFER THEM TO WHERE
03:50:49 THEY WERE AROUND 20 SECOND TO THE 16TH STREET AREA WHERE THEY
03:50:51 ARE NOW ENSURING THAT CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES CAN GET TO
03:50:56 AND FROM PHENIX YOUTH ART EXCHANGE AND THE 16TH STREET
03:50:59 CORRIDOR AND AGAIN I DON'T THINK THAT'S ENOUGH.
03:51:02 MY STAFF AND I WE ALL HAVE LONG AND SHORT TERM GOALS FOR
03:51:07 COMMUNITY SAFETY. OUR DRUG OVERDOSE CRISIS
03:51:10 HOMELESSNESS AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND I TRULY BELIEVE
03:51:14 THEY ARE ALL MUTUALLY REINFORCING.
03:51:17 >> I ENVISION A 16TH STREET CORRIDOR WHERE CHILDREN CAN
03:51:21 WALK SAFELY WITH THEIR FAMILIES TO MARSHALL TO YOUTH ART
03:51:26 EXCHANGE TO BART AND TO HOME. >> I BELIEVE IN A 16TH STREET
03:51:30 THAT CELEBRATES THE BEAUTY OF OUR AMERICAN INDIAN CULTURE
03:51:31 DISTRICT AND OUR LATINO IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY WHERE WE
03:51:34 HAVE TRANSIT ORIENTED AFFORDABLE HOUSING WHERE BART
03:51:38 AND MUNI RIDERS FEEL SAFE AND DARE I SAY PLEASE TO TAKE
03:51:42 PUBLIC TRANSIT AND WHERE SMALL BUSINESSES THRIVE.
03:51:45 >> I WOULD SAY THE MAJORITY OF THE MISSION AND THE PUBLIC
03:51:50 SERVANTS THE POLICE OFFICERS, PUBLIC HEALTH WORKERS, VENDING
03:51:54 INSPECTORS, STREET OUTREACH WORKERS WHO WORK DAY IN AND DAY
03:51:58 OUT ALL AROUND 16TH STREET SHARE THAT VISION TOO.
03:52:01 I HAVE LONG BEEN A CHAMPION FOR LOW INCOME STUDENTS, FOR
03:52:05 HOMELESS FAMILIES, FOR WORKING CLASS FAMILIES AND I WILL
03:52:09 CONTINUE TO BE I MYSELF WAS RAISED BY A SINGLE MOM IN A LOW
03:52:13 INCOME NEIGHBORHOOD. I LIVED IN A MULTIFAMILY
03:52:16 HOUSING COMPLEX SURROUNDED BY GANG VIOLENCE.
03:52:20 >> MY NEIGHBOR OWNED A LIQUOR STORE ACROSS THE STREET AND WAS
03:52:23 MURDERED. >> I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO
03:52:27 GROW UP IN A DANGEROUS NEIGHBORHOOD AND I'M
03:52:28 SYMPATHETIC TO THE CONCERNS ABOUT SAFETY FOR KIDS
03:52:31 AND FAMILIES. BUT THIS IS NOT A LAND USE
03:52:35 ISSUE. IT'S AN INVESTMENT ISSUE.
03:52:38 >> 16TH STREET THE SURROUNDING AREA IS HOME TO PEOPLE OF ALL
03:52:43 WALKS OF LIFE, ALL INCOMES. IT'S VIBRANT, IT'S MULTIRACIAL.
03:52:47 IT'S A GEM. >> AND I ALSO WANT TO USE THIS
03:52:51 OPPORTUNITY TO IMPLORE EVERYONE WHO WANTS TO SEE THIS PROJECT
03:52:55 COME TO FRUITION TO CONTINUE TO JOIN ME AND THE FAMILIES OF THE
03:52:59 MARSHALL STUDENTS AND THE CHILDREN LIVING THEIR LIVES
03:53:03 IN THIS AREA TO CONTINUE ADVOCATING FOR REAL
03:53:07 INVESTMENTS. THIS AREA DESERVES THIS BUDGET
03:53:10 SEASON BUDGET CUTS EVISCERATED SAFETY PROGRAMS, SAFETY NET
03:53:14 PROGRAMS IN DISTRICT NINE AND IF THIS CITY IS ALL ABOUT
03:53:18 ABUNDANCE RIGHT NOW, ABUNDANCE FOR WHOM?
03:53:22 >> ABUNDANCE FOR DOWNTOWN. ABUNDANCE FOR AIR COMPANIES,
03:53:25 FOR MARKET RATE DEVELOPERS, ABUNDANCE FOR POLICE OVERTIME
03:53:30 BUT NOT ABUNDANCE FOR 16TH STREET NOT ABUNDANCE GUIDED
03:53:33 AND GROUNDED IN BLACK AND BROWN LEADERSHIP AT 16TH STREET WE
03:53:39 NEED MORE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SPECIALISTS TO SUPPLEMENT
03:53:43 SECURITY MORE RESPITE CENTERS FOR PEOPLE TO EXIST, MORE GREEN
03:53:47 SPACE FOR KIDS, MORE FOOT PATROLS FROM AN ACCOUNTABLE
03:53:48 AND COMMUNITY INTEGRATED S.F. PD, MORE FUNDING FOR COMMUNITY
03:53:52 LED ACTIVATIONS, MORE GRANTS FOR AMERICAN INDIAN AND LATINO
03:53:56 ARTISTS AND PERMANENT VENDORS. >> OUR ATTENTION CAN'T JUST BE
03:54:01 ON DOWNTOWN AT THE EXPENSE OF NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE THE MISSION.
03:54:04 SO LET'S NOT MAKE THIS A ONE AND DONE DEAL.
03:54:08 LET'S MAKE THIS A COLLECTIVE CALL TO ACTION.
03:54:12 >> WE NEED ALL HANDS ON DECK NOT JUST FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING
03:54:15 ,NOT JUST FOR SOLUTIONS TO HOMELESSNESS BUT FOR INVESTMENT
03:54:17 AND ACTIVITY. >> ADDING 16TH STREET AND THE
03:54:21 SURROUNDING AREA. I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT A LETTER
03:54:27 SENT BY UNITED TO SAVE THE MISSION THE SAN FRANCISCO
03:54:28 LATINO TASK FORCE S.F. LATINO PARITY AND EQUITY COALITION
03:54:34 THAT IS SUPPORT OF THIS PROJECT ON MANY GROUNDS INCLUDING
03:54:38 SUPPORTING TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT FOR POOR
03:54:39 AND WORKING CLASS PEOPLE OF COLOR.
03:54:43 >> THE ADDICTION CRISIS AMONG AMERICAN INDIANS AND RESEARCH
03:54:47 THAT HOUSING IS A KEY FACTOR IN HEALING THE TRAUMA
03:54:50 AND HEALTH RELATED CONDITIONS INCLUDING SUBSTANCE USE
03:54:53 DISORDER, THE MISSION THE AMERICAN INDIAN CULTURAL
03:54:58 DISTRICT UNDER MY TENURE WILL CONTINUE TO BE AN HONOR.
03:55:02 THE ORIGINAL PEOPLE'S MOVEMENT THAT FOUGHT THE MONSTER IN THE
03:55:06 MISSION AND AGITATED FOR AND WON LA MORAVIA UNDER MY
03:55:10 TENURE THE MISSION WILL CONTINUE TO BE A WELCOMING
03:55:14 PLACE FOR ALL PEOPLE OF ALL WALKS OF LIFE AND ALL MEANS
03:55:19 AND UNDER MY TENURE I WILL CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR THE
03:55:23 SAFETY OF ALL CHILDREN NO MATTER THEIR RACE, CLASS OR
03:55:27 HOUSING SITUATION. AND WITH THAT COLLEAGUES I'M
03:55:30 MOVING TO APPROVE ITEM 57 AND TABLE ITEMS 58 AND 59.
03:55:36 >> SECOND, THERE HAS BEEN A MOTION FROM SUPERVISOR FIELDER
03:55:40 SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR MELGAR TO APPROVE TENDED MAP DECISION
03:55:44 BY APPROVING ITEM 57 TABLING 58 AND 59.
03:55:47 I DON'T SEE ANYBODY ELSE IN THE QUEUE.
03:55:51 MADAM CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE MOTION TO APPROVE
03:55:55 ITEM 57 AND TABLE 58 AND 59 SUPERVISOR AND ENGARDIO
03:56:01 AND ENGARDIO I SUPERVISOR FIELDER FIELDER I SUPERVISOR
03:56:05 MAHMOOD MAHMOOD I SUPERVISOR RANDLEMAN I MENDELSON I
03:56:09 SUPERVISOR MELGAR MELGAR I SUPERVISOR SARDAR SAUTER EYES
03:56:13 SUPERVISOR CHERYL CHERYL I SUPERVISOR WALTON WALTON I
03:56:17 SUPERVISOR CHAN CHIN EYES SUPERVISOR CHIN CHIN I
03:56:24 AND SUPERVISOR DORSEY DORSEY I THERE ARE 11 EYES WITHOUT
03:56:27 OBJECTION ITEM 57 IS APPROVED ITEMS 59 AND 58 AND 59 ARE
03:56:33 TABLED MADAM CLERK THAT CONCLUDES OUR 3 P.M. SPECIAL
03:56:37 ORDER AND NOW WE'LL GO BACK A FEW HOURS AND I BELIEVE WE WERE
03:56:45 WE HAD JUST FINISHED ITEM 31 AND SO MADAM CLERK COULD YOU
03:56:51 PLEASE CALL ITEMS 32 THROUGH 36 TOGETHER ITEM 32 THROUGH 36 OUR
03:56:55 FIVE RESOLUTIONS THAT PERTAIN TO AMENDMENTS TO AGREEMENTS OR
03:56:59 GRANTS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DISABILITY AND AGING SERVICES
03:57:03 AND THE FOLLOWING ENTITIES FOR ITEM 32.
03:57:07 THIS IS AN AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT WITH THE SAN
03:57:11 FRANCISCO HEALTH PLAN FOR CAL AME COMMUNITY SUPPORT SERVICES
03:57:14 FOR FOUR YEAR TERM THROUGH JUNE 30TH 2028 WITH ANTICIPATED
03:57:18 REVENUE OF APPROXIMATELY 6 MILLION TO THE CITY.
03:57:22 ITEM 33 THIS APPROVES A THIRD AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT WITH
03:57:24 THE SAN FRANCISCO HEALTH PLAN FOR ENHANCED CARE MANAGEMENT
03:57:27 FEE FOR SERVICES HAVING ANTICIPATED REVENUE OF 3.9
03:57:33 MILLION TO THE CITY THIS TERM IS THROUGH JUNE 30TH 2028.
03:57:38 ITEM 34 THIS ITEM APPROVES THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO AN AGREEMENT
03:57:42 WITH THE INSTITUTE ON AGING FOR THE PROVISION OF THE COMMUNITY
03:57:44 LIVING FUND PROGRAM TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT BY APPROXIMATELY
03:57:49 14.2 MILLION FOR A NEW TOTAL OF 25.6 MILLION WITH THE TERM
03:57:55 EXTENSION BY TWO YEARS THROUGH NOW JUNE 30TH 2027.
03:57:58 TO CLARIFY THE SCOPE OF THE SERVICES AND TO ADD APPENDICES
03:58:02 CONSISTENT WITH THE ONGOING RECEIPT OF FEDERAL FUNDING,
03:58:05 ITEM 35 APPROVES A GRANT AGREEMENT WITH SELF-HELP FOR
03:58:09 THE ELDERLY FOR THE PROVISION OF CONGREGANT NUTRITION
03:58:13 SERVICES FOR OLDER ADULTS PROGRAM.
03:58:16 THIS HAS A FOUR YEAR TERM THROUGH JUNE 30TH 2029 AND A
03:58:20 TOTAL AMOUNT OF APPROXIMATELY 11.1 MILLION AND FOR ITEM 36 IT
03:58:26 APPROVES A GRANT AGREEMENT WITH SELF-HELP FOR THE ELDERLY FOR
03:58:30 THE PROVISION OF HOME DELIVERED NUTRITION NUTRITION SERVICES
03:58:34 FOR OLDER ADULTS PROGRAM WITH A FOUR YEAR TERM THROUGH JUNE
03:58:38 30TH 2029 AND A TOTAL AMOUNT OF APPROXIMATELY 13.9 MILLION.
03:58:42 >> PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THESE ITEMS ON ITEMS 32 THROUGH
03:58:50 36 SUPERVISOR AND ENGARDIO AND ENGARDIO EYES SUPERVISOR
03:58:54 FIELDER FIELDER EYES SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD MAHMOOD I SUPERVISOR
03:58:58 RANDLEMAN I BATTLEMENT I SUPERVISOR MELGAR MELGAR EYES
03:59:05 SUPERVISOR SANDRA SADR EYES SUPERVISOR CHERYL CHERYL EYES
03:59:09 SUPERVISOR WALTON WALTON EYES SUPERVISOR CHIN CHIN EYES
03:59:15 SUPERVISOR CHIN CHIN I AND SUPERVISOR DORSEY DORSEY
03:59:19 EITHER ARE LEBANESE WITHOUT OBJECTION THE RESOLUTIONS ARE
03:59:23 ADOPTED MADAM CLERK PLEASE CALL ITEMS 37 TO 39 TOGETHER ITEMS
03:59:27 37 THROUGH 39 ARE THREE RESOLUTION THAT PERTAIN TO REAL
03:59:30 PROPERTY LEASES FOR THE PORT. >> ITEM 37 APPROVES A PORT
03:59:34 COMMISSION LEASE NUMBER L DASH 17 25 THREE WITH TECH OF
03:59:40 CALIFORNIA INC FOR APPROXIMATELY 22,000FT2 OF
03:59:43 SHARED SPACE AND APPROXIMATELY 11,000FT2 OF PAVED LAND AT PIER
03:59:49 80 4A3 YEAR TERM WITH THREE ONE YEAR OPTIONS TO EXTEND FOR A
03:59:53 NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF 2.7 MILLION APPROXIMATELY ITEM 38
03:59:56 THIS RETROACTIVELY APPROVES PORT COMMISSION LEASE NUMBER L
04:00:00 DASH 1725 SIX WITH AUTODESK INC LOCATED AT PIER NINE SUITE 116
04:00:08 AND BAYS ONE THROUGH THREE FOR A 36 MONTH LEASE WITH 112 MONTH
04:00:12 OPTION TO EXTEND THE TERM THROUGH JANUARY 31ST 2028 FOR
04:00:16 APPROXIMATELY 33,000FT2 OF SHED SPACE 1600FT2 OF SHARED SPACE
04:00:21 FOR STORAGE APPROXIMATELY 6600 LICENSED SQUARE FEET OF ROOF
04:00:26 SPACE AND 6594FT OF ON THE MARGINAL WHARF LOCATED BETWEEN
04:00:36 PIER NINE AND PIER 15 FOR USE AS OFFICE SPACE RESEARCH
04:00:39 AND DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP SPACE AND PUBLIC ACCESS FOR A MONTHLY
04:00:44 RENT OF 147,004 ITEM 39 THIS RESOLUTION AUTHORIZES THE
04:00:50 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE PORT OF SAN FRANCISCO TO EXECUTE A
04:00:54 MUTUAL TERMINATION AGREEMENT WITH GOMEZ RESTAURANT INC FOR
04:00:58 PREMISES ALONG L SCHOEMAN WAY OVER BAY WATER AND I THINK WE
04:01:05 CAN TAKE THESE ITEMS SAME HOUSE SAME CALL WITHOUT OBJECTION THE
04:01:06 RESOLUTIONS ARE ADOPTED MADAM CLERK PLEASE CALL ITEM 40 ITEM
04:01:11 40 THIS RESOLUTION AUTHORIZES THE PORT OF SAN FRANCISCO TO
04:01:13 ACCEPT AND EXPEND AN APPROXIMATE 12 A $12.4 MILLION
04:01:19 GRANT AWARD FROM THE CALIFORNIA STATE TRANSPORTATION AGENCY
04:01:22 PORT FREIGHT INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM TO FUND THE PIER 80
04:01:26 SUBSIDENCE PROJECT FOR THE PERIOD OF AUGUST 1ST 2025
04:01:32 THROUGH JUNE 30TH 2028 AND WE CAN DO THIS ONE SAME HOUSE,
04:01:33 SAME CALL. >> WITHOUT OBJECTION THE
04:01:37 RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED. MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL ITEM
04:01:39 41. >> ITEM 41 THIS RESOLUTION
04:01:40 RETROACTIVELY AUTHORIZES THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC
04:01:44 AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND A $179,000
04:01:47 GRANT INCREASE FOR A NEW TOTAL OF 679,000 FROM JOBS FOR THE
04:01:54 FUTURE. >> A RECIPIENT OF THE GRANT
04:01:57 AWARD FROM THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR EMPLOYMENT
04:02:00 AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION FOR THE RAPID INFORMATION
04:02:02 TECHNOLOGY EMPLOYMENT INITIATIVE GRANT DURING THE
04:02:05 GRANT TERM JUNE 25TH, 2021 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH 2025
04:02:11 SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL WITHOUT OBJECTION THE RESOLUTIONS
04:02:15 ADOPTED MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL ITEM 40 TWO ITEM 40 TWO
04:02:19 THIS IS A RESOLUTION THAT APPROVES AN INCREASE IN THE NOT
04:02:23 TO EXCEED AMOUNT FOR THE GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE COST
04:02:27 FOR CLEAN POWER SFA PARTICIPATION IN THE CALIFORNIA
04:02:30 COMMUNITY POWER AUTHORITY BY APPROXIMATELY 3.5 MILLION FOR A
04:02:35 NEW AMOUNT OF 8.2 MILLION WITH NO CHANGE TO THE DURATION
04:02:38 THROUGH NOW DECEMBER 31ST 2014 EIGHT.
04:02:45 >> SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL. WITHOUT OBJECTION THE
04:02:46 RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED MADAM CLERK PLEASE CALL ITEMS 43 AND 44
04:02:49 TOGETHER ITEMS 43 AND 44 ARE TWO RESOLUTIONS THAT
04:02:56 RETROACTIVELY APPROVE TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND GRANTS FOR THE
04:02:57 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH FOR ITEM 43 THIS IS A $106,000
04:03:06 GRANT FROM THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH THROUGH
04:03:07 FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER CENTER FOR A PROGRAM ENTITLED
04:03:10 STATISTICAL METHODS FOR ADVANCING HIV PREVENTION FOR
04:03:14 THE TERM MARCH 1ST, 2023 THROUGH FEBRUARY 28TH 2026
04:03:20 AND FOR ITEM 44 THIS IS A $108,000 GRANT FROM THE
04:03:26 NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH THROUGH THE FAMILY HEALTH
04:03:27 INTERNATIONAL PANEL FOR PARTICIPATION IN A PROGRAM
04:03:31 ENTITLED HIV PREVENTION TRIALS NETWORK THROUGH NOVEMBER 30TH,
04:03:35 2025 SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL. >> WITHOUT OBJECTION THE
04:03:39 RESOLUTIONS ARE ADOPTED. >> MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL
04:03:42 ITEM 45 ITEM 45 RESOLUTION TO APPROVE AND AUTHORIZE THE
04:03:45 MAYOR AND THE DIRECTOR OF THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING
04:03:49 AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TO EXECUTE A GRANT AGREEMENT WITH
04:03:52 180 JONES ASSOCIATES LP FOR 6 MILLION FOR A 25 YEAR TERM TO
04:03:57 PROVIDE OPERATING SUBSIDIES FOR A 100% AFFORDABLE HOUSING
04:04:01 PROJECT HOUSING FOR LOW INCOME AND FORMERLY HOMELESS
04:04:04 HOUSEHOLDS. >> SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL.
04:04:08 WITHOUT OBJECTION THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED.
04:04:12 >> MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL ITEM 46.
04:04:13 ITEM 46 THIS MOTION APPROVES THE AMENDMENTS TO THE
04:04:16 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT AGREEMENT WITH WEST COAST
04:04:19 CONSULTING GROUP FOR SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES TO
04:04:23 IMPLEMENT A STATE OF THE ART LEGISLATIVE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
04:04:24 TO THE EXTENT THAT FUNDS HAVE BEEN APPROPRIATED FOR THAT
04:04:28 PURPOSE. 2 MILLION FOR IT.
04:04:34 2 MILLION APPROXIMATELY 1.2 TO 3.2 FOR AN INITIAL TERM OF FIVE
04:04:41 YEARS ENDING AUGUST 31ST 2028 WITH TWO OPTIONS TO EXTEND THE
04:04:46 TERM 4 OR 5 ADDITIONAL YEARS EACH SAME HOUSE SAME CALL.
04:04:50 >> WITHOUT OBJECTION THE MOTION IS APPROVED.
04:04:51 MADAM CLERK PLEASE CALL ITEMS 447 THROUGH 51 TOGETHER ITEMS
04:04:58 47 THROUGH 51 ARE FIVE RESOLUTIONS THAT ACCEPT VARIOUS
04:05:02 REPORTS FOR THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT OVERSIGHT BOARD FOR
04:05:05 CALENDAR YEAR 2024. ITEM 47 ACCEPTS THE FIRST
04:05:09 QUARTER REPORT. ITEM 48 ACCEPTS THE SECOND
04:05:11 QUARTER REPORT. ITEM 49 ACCEPTS THE THIRD
04:05:14 QUARTER REPORT. ITEM 50 ACCEPTS THE FOURTH
04:05:17 QUARTER REPORT AND ITEM 51 ACCEPTS THE ANNUAL REPORT.
04:05:20 >> SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL WITHOUT OBJECTION THE
04:05:23 RESOLUTIONS ARE ADOPTED. MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL ITEM
04:05:27 52. >> ITEM 52 THIS IS A RESOLUTION
04:05:29 TO APPROVE THE SAN FRANCISCO POLICE DEPARTMENT'S USE OF
04:05:32 EQUIPMENT POLICY 2024 ANNUAL REPORT CONSISTENT WITH THE
04:05:35 CRITERIA SET FORTH IN STATE LAW.
04:05:40 >> SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL WITHOUT OBJECTION THE
04:05:41 RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED. >> MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL
04:05:44 ITEM 53 ITEM 53 THIS IS A RESOLUTION TO RETROACTIVELY
04:05:48 AUTHORIZE THE DIRECTOR OF HEALTH TO SIGN A CALIFORNIA
04:05:52 DEPARTMENT OF STATE HOSPITALS AND CALIFORNIA MENTAL HEALTH
04:05:55 SERVICES AUTHORITY MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING TO FACILITATE
04:05:59 ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT AND FACILITATE THE
04:06:03 TRANSFER OF FUNDS TO COVER SAN FRANCISCO'S OBLIGATION TO PAY
04:06:07 FOR MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT AT THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF
04:06:08 STATE HOSPITALS FOR A ONE YEAR TERM AND NINE MONTHS THROUGH
04:06:14 JUNE 30TH 2025 FOR 10 MILLION. >> SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL WITH
04:06:17 WITHOUT OBJECTION THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED.
04:06:21 >> MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL ITEM 54.
04:06:27 ITEM 54 THIS IS A RESOLUTION TO RETROACTIVELY AUTHORIZE THE
04:06:29 PORT OF SAN FRANCISCO TO ACCEPT AN EXPENDED $200,000 PARKING
04:06:35 MANAGEMENT CAPITAL GRANT FROM THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION
04:06:38 COMMISSION A TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, FINANCING
04:06:40 AND COORDINATING AGENCY FOR THE NINE COUNTY SAN FRANCISCO BAY
04:06:44 AREA TO FUND THE ACQUISITION AND INSTALLATION OF MULTI SPACE
04:06:48 PAY STATIONS. >> SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL.
04:06:51 WITHOUT OBJECTION THE RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED.
04:06:55 >> MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL ITEM 55.
04:06:58 ITEM 55 THIS IS A RESOLUTION TO DESIGNATE DESIGNATE AUTHORIZED
04:07:02 OFFICERS THE TREASURER, COMPTROLLER AND CITY ATTORNEY
04:07:05 OR THEIR SUCCESSORS IN OFFICE TO ACCEPT AND WITHDRAW TOBACCO
04:07:09 SETTLEMENT FUNDS ON BEHALF OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN
04:07:10 FRANCISCO PURSUANT TO THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
04:07:14 DATED AUGUST 5TH, 1998 AMONG THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE
04:07:17 STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND CITIES AND COUNTIES IN THE STATE
04:07:21 INCLUDING SAN FRANCISCO. >> SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL
04:07:25 WITHOUT OBJECTION THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED.
04:07:29 AND WITH THAT, MADAM CLERK, LET'S GO TO COMMITTEE REPORTS.
04:07:33 >> PLEASE CALL ITEM 60. ITEM 60 WAS CONSIDERED BY THE
04:07:37 BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE AT A SPECIAL MEETING ON WELL THIS
04:07:40 MORNING TUESDAY, JULY 29TH AND WAS FORWARDED AS AMENDED
04:07:43 WITH THE SAME TITLE. ITEM 60 IS AN ORDINANCE TO
04:07:47 AMEND THE PLANNING CODE TO CREATE A TIME LIMITED AMNESTY
04:07:51 PROGRAM FOR PROPERTIES LISTED ON THE DEPARTMENT OF BUILDING
04:07:55 INSPECTIONS INTERNAL QUALITY CONTROL AUDIT AND SUBJECT TO A
04:07:59 NOTICE OF VIOLATION TO A AFFIRM TO SEEK WE DETERMINATION AND TO
04:08:02 MAKE THE APPROPRIATE FINDINGS. SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL OR
04:08:06 WITHOUT OBJECTION THE ORDINANCE IS PASSED ON FIRST READING
04:08:10 AND THANK YOU TO THE BUDGET COMMITTEE MADAM CLERK, PLEASE
04:08:14 CALL ITEM 60 ONE YES AND I'LL FIRST STATE THAT ITEMS 61
04:08:19 THROUGH 65 WERE CONSIDERED BY THE LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION
04:08:23 COMMITTEE AT THEIR REGULAR MEETING MONDAY, JULY 28TH.
04:08:26 ITEM 61 WAS RECOMMENDED AS AMENDED BEARING A NEW TITLE
04:08:30 WHICH NOW READS ITEM 61 ORDINANCE AMENDING THE
04:08:33 ADMINISTRATIVE CODE TO AUTHORIZE TENANTS RIGHTS
04:08:37 ORGANIZATIONS TO ENFORCE THE PROHIBITION AGAINST LANDLORDS
04:08:41 USE OF ALGORITHMIC DEVICES TO SET RENTS OR MANAGE OCCUPANCY
04:08:45 LEVELS FOR RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNITS LOCATED IN SAN FRANCISCO
04:08:52 . AND WE CAN TAKE THIS SAME HOUSE
04:08:53 SAME CALL WITHOUT OBJECTION THE ORDINANCE IS PASSED ON FIRST
04:08:58 READING MADAM CLERK PLEASE CALL ITEM 62 ITEM 62 WAS RECOMMENDED
04:09:03 AS AMENDED WITH THE SAME TITLE. IT'S AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE
04:09:06 PLANNING CODE TO REQUIRE APPLICANTS TO DISCLOSE THE
04:09:09 PRESENCE OF ANY UNAUTHORIZED DWELLING UNIT AND REQUIRE THE
04:09:11 PLANNING DEPARTMENT TO INVESTIGATE ANY UNAUTHORIZED
04:09:14 DWELLING UNIT UPON SUBMITTAL OF A DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION.
04:09:18 REQUIRE THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT TO DOCUMENT WHEN A PROPERTY IS
04:09:22 SUBJECT TO A REGULATORY AGREEMENT SUBJECTING ANY UNITS
04:09:26 ON THE PROPERTY TO THE SAN FRANCISCO RESIDENTIAL RENT
04:09:29 STABILIZATION AND ARBITRATION ORDINANCE AND TO REQUIRE THE
04:09:33 PLANNING DEPARTMENT TO INSPECT PROPERTIES PRIOR TO
04:09:37 RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF ANY LOSS OF A RESIDENTIAL UNIT OR
04:09:41 UNAUTHORIZED DWELLING UNIT TO AMEND THE BUILDING CODE TO
04:09:45 EXPAND THE DEPARTMENT OF BUILDING INSPECTIONS EXPANDED
04:09:46 COMPLIANCE CONTROL PROGRAM TO ADDRESS FRAUD, BRIBERY
04:09:49 AND FAILURE TO ACCURATELY REPRESENT THE PRESENCE
04:09:52 AND NUMBER OF UNAUTHORIZED DWELLING UNITS AT PROPERTIES
04:09:57 SUBJECT TO A PERMIT APPLICATION TO AFFIRM THE SECOND
04:10:01 DETERMINATION AND TO MAKE THE APPROPRIATE FINDINGS.
04:10:04 >> SUPERVISOR MELGAR THANK YOU PRESIDENT MANDELA
04:10:05 AND COLLEAGUES I JUST WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS
04:10:08 LEGISLATION WHICH PASSED OUT OF THE LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION
04:10:12 COMMITTEE UNANIMOUSLY. IT WAS INSPIRED BY MY
04:10:15 EXPERIENCE BOTH AS A BUILDING INSPECTION COMMISSIONER
04:10:19 AND PLANNING COMMISSIONER THAT WE SAW OFTEN WHERE OWNERS
04:10:23 APPLYING FOR PERMITS FOR RENOVATIONS IN THEIR HOMES LIE
04:10:29 ABOUT HAVING UNAUTHORIZED DWELLING UNITS THAT WERE
04:10:33 OCCUPIED BY TENANTS. >> AND THIS WAS AN ATTEMPT TO
04:10:37 CIRCUMVENT OUR RENT CONTROL LAWS BECAUSE YOU TO USE
04:10:41 UNAUTHORIZED DWELLING UNITS ARE RENT CONTROLLED.
04:10:45 AND WE CALLED THESE RENOVICTIONS.
04:10:46 AND AS YOU KNOW WITH THAT REZONING THAT IS COMING WITH SB
04:10:51 330 AT DEVELOPERS MAY WANT TO ADD MORE UNITS EITHER THROUGH
04:10:54 EXISTING EXPANSION OR DEMOLITIONS OF THEIR PROPERTY
04:10:59 AND WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT TENANTS IN OTHER UNAUTHORIZED
04:11:03 WELLING UNITS ARE AFFORDED THE SAME TENANT PROTECTIONS AS
04:11:07 OTHER TENANTS. SO YOU KNOW THE EVICTION
04:11:13 PROTECTIONS IN SB 330 APPLY ONLY TO ILLEGAL UNITS.
04:11:14 THE TENANTS THAT LIVE IN UNITS THAT ARE UNITS NOT TO
04:11:19 UNAUTHORIZED DWELLING UNITS. AND THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO TRY
04:11:22 TO BRING EVERYONE UNDER THE SAME PROTECTION.
04:11:26 SO I DID SIT THROUGH SEVERAL HEARINGS BOTH IN BUILDING
04:11:33 AND IN PLANNING OF TENANTS THAT WERE DISPLACED BECAUSE YOU
04:11:37 KNOW, A LANDLORD WAS GOING TO JUST RENOVATE THE PROPERTY, GET
04:11:41 THEM OUT FOR A LITTLE BIT WHILE RENOVATIONS WERE BEING MADE
04:11:42 AND THEN LO AND BEHOLD THEY JUST LOST THEIR UNITS.
04:11:45 SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT NONE OF US WANT TO SUPPORT AND I
04:11:48 HOPE FOR I THINK MY COLLEAGUES ON THE LADIES
04:11:52 AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE FOR SITTING THROUGH IT
04:11:56 AND RECOMMENDING IT AND I ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
04:11:57 THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.
04:12:00 BRIAN MELGAR. I THINK WE CAN TAKE THIS ITEM
04:12:03 SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL WITHOUT OBJECTION THE ORDINANCES PASSED
04:12:05 ON FIRST READING. MADAM CLERK PLEASE CALL ITEM 63
04:12:10 . >> ITEM 63 WAS REFERRED WITHOUT
04:12:11 RECOMMENDATION AS AMENDED WITH A NEW TITLE WHICH NOW READS AN
04:12:15 ORDINANCE AMENDING THE PLANNING CODE TO ELIMINATE LIMITS ON
04:12:19 NONRESIDENTIAL USE SIZES IN THE PACIFIC AVENUE NEIGHBORHOOD
04:12:23 COMMERCIAL DISTRICT AND CD POLK STREET AND CD WEST PORTAL
04:12:29 AVENUE IN CD NORTH BEACH AND CD AND NORTH BEACH SPECIAL USE
04:12:33 DISTRICT REGIONAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS AND RESIDENTIAL
04:12:34 COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS TO ALLOW SPECIFIED NONRESIDENTIAL USES
04:12:38 THAT EXCEED THE USE SIZE LIMITS TO DIVIDE INTO SMALLER SPACES
04:12:42 THAT MAY CONTINUE TO EXCEED THE USE SIZE LIMITS WITHOUT
04:12:46 CONDITIONAL USE AUTHORIZATION TO ADJUST THE USE SIZE LIMIT
04:12:50 IN ALL NCDS TO AROUND NUMBER TWO AFFIRMED THE SPEAKER
04:12:54 DETERMINATION AND TO MAKE THE APPROPRIATE FINDINGS.
04:12:57 >> CHAIRMAN LUGAR. THANK YOU PRESIDENT RANDLEMAN
04:13:01 SO COLLEAGUES, WE HAD A ROBUST DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS AT
04:13:05 LEGISLATION THAT I SPONSORED AT THE LADIES AND TRANSPORTATION
04:13:07 COMMITTEE AND IT IS NOW IN FRONT OF YOU HAVING RECEIVED
04:13:10 AT NO RECOMMENDATION OR PASS OUT OF A COMMITTEE WITHOUT A
04:13:14 RECOMMENDATION TO YOU TODAY. AND I WANTED TO EXPLAIN A
04:13:18 LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHERE THIS CAME FROM.
04:13:22 >> SO THIS WAS A RESPONSE TO THE VASTLY AND RAPIDLY CHANGING
04:13:26 LANDSCAPE OF RETAIL IN OUR CITY.
04:13:30 >> IT'S REALLY A PHENOMENON THAT'S GOING ON ALL AROUND OUR
04:13:34 COUNTRY IN OUR WORLD HOW PEOPLE BUY GOODS NOW AS OPPOSED TO
04:13:42 THROUGH THE WAY THEY DID 30 YEARS AGO.
04:13:43 SO WE HAVE SEEN AROUND THE CITY THE SHUTTERING OF WALGREENS
04:13:49 AND CVS SAYS THERE ARE SOME FOLKS WHO WILL TALK ABOUT CRIME
04:13:54 AND WHILE THAT IS REAL, THE REALITY IS THAT WHEN CAREMARK
04:13:58 BRINGS YOU YOUR PRESCRIPTIONS TO YOUR HOUSE, THE INCENTIVE TO
04:14:02 GO TO WALGREENS AND ALSO BUY TOILET PAPER WHILE YOU'RE
04:14:05 PICKING UP A PRESCRIPTION HAS JUST BECOME LESS FREQUENT
04:14:07 AND THAT IS HAPPENING NOT JUST WITH PHARMACIES.
04:14:10 IT'S HAPPENING BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T GO TO BANKS ANYMORE.
04:14:14 THEY DO THEIR BANKING ELECTRONICALLY.
04:14:17 SO WE HAVE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF SQUARE FEET OF
04:14:19 BANKING INSTITUTIONS THAT IS EMPTY.
04:14:22 WE HAVE SEEN HOW BIG GROCERY STORES LIKE SAFEWAY HAVE
04:14:25 REORGANIZED THEIR AISLES TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR, YOU KNOW,
04:14:30 INSTACART DELIVERERS AND OTHERS TO COME AND PICK UP GROCERIES
04:14:34 AND BRING THEM TO PEOPLE HOMES. WE HAVE SEEN A SEA CHANGE
04:14:37 IN RETAIL BUT OUR LAND USE CONTROLS HAVE NOT REALLY
04:14:41 ADAPTED. >> WE ARE LAGGING BEHIND THE
04:14:45 INDUSTRY TRENDS SO THIS WAS A DIRECT RESPONSE TO THAT IN TRY
04:14:49 TO MAKE THINGS A LITTLE MORE FLEXIBLE SO THAT WE CAN KEEP
04:14:52 OUR COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS VIBRANT.
04:14:57 >> SO IN THE LEGISLATION DOES TWO MAIN THINGS ONE IT GETS RID
04:15:01 OF HARD CAPS AND PROHIBITIONS BEYOND A CERTAIN SIZE.
04:15:05 THERE ARE ONLY THREE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL
04:15:06 CORRIDORS. I HAD THESE THAT WAS NORTH
04:15:09 BEACH CASTRO AND WEST PORTAL WEST PORTAL HAD THE MOST
04:15:13 STRINGENT AND IT IS A VERY SHORT DISTRICT ONLY THREE
04:15:16 BLOCKS LONG BUT IT HAD A SQUARE CAP FOR THOUSAND SQUARE FEET
04:15:21 THAT WAS AN IMPEDIMENT TWICE IN THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
04:15:24 ONE WHEN WE OPENED ALAN NATH ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL
04:15:27 BUSINESSES ON WEST PORTAL BECAUSE THERE'S A 4000 SQUARE
04:15:31 FOOT CAP THEY HAD TO DESIGN THE SPACE AFTER THEY MERGED IT FOR
04:15:37 3998FT2. AND IF YOU'VE GONE TO L.A. AS
04:15:39 YOU KNOW THAT THERE'S A LINE OUT THE DOOR ALWAYS SO THEY
04:15:42 COULD USE THOSE EXTRA TWO SQUARE FEET FOR ANOTHER TABLE
04:15:44 AND THEN THE SAME BLOCK AT THE CORNER THERE WAS AN OPTOMETRIST
04:15:48 THAT ALSO MERGED TWO SPACES TO MAKE A NEW CLINIC AND I HAD TO
04:15:54 DO SPOT ZONING, MAKE A SPECIAL LEGISLATION JUST FOR THAT
04:15:58 IN THE PLANNING COMMISSION TOLD ME DON'T DO THIS HERE NOW
04:15:59 THAT'S NOT GOOD PLANNING. >> YOU SHOULD HAVE RULES FOR
04:16:03 EVERYONE. AND SO THAT'S WHERE THIS PART
04:16:04 OF THE LEGISLATION CAME FROM. >> IT ALSO DOES THE OPPOSITE
04:16:07 BIG SQUARE SPACE AND BIG BIG SQUARE FOOT SPACES LIKE WE HAVE
04:16:11 ON OCEAN AVENUE IN MANY OF YOU DO HAVE THESE IN YOUR DISTRICTS
04:16:15 THAT ARE EMPTY BECAUSE A CVS HAS LEFT THE WALGREENS HAVE
04:16:19 LEFT AND IT'S REALLY HARD TO RE RENT THOSE TO HAVE SOMEBODY WHO
04:16:25 CAN AFFORD TO PAY FOR ALL OF THAT SQUARE FOOTAGE AND TO
04:16:28 SUBDIVIDE IT, IT'S REALLY, REALLY DIFFICULT AT THE PROCESS
04:16:32 IS REALLY CUMBERSOME AND TIME CONSUMING.
04:16:33 SO IT'S YOU KNOW THAT THOSE SPACES TEND TO SIT EMPTY FOR A
04:16:37 LONG TIME. >> SO THIS LEGISLATION ALSO
04:16:40 DOES THE OPPOSITE IN THAT IT ALLOWS FOR SUBDIVISION OF THOSE
04:16:44 BIG SPACES SO THAT THE PROPERTY OWNERS CAN RENT THEM 2 TO 3 FOR
04:16:47 BUSINESSES. HOWEVER THE THE MARKET WILL
04:16:50 BEAR IN IT ALSO WILL ADVANTAGE SMALLER BUSINESSES TO BE ABLE
04:16:55 TO AFFORD THAT THOSE SPACES ON COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS.
04:16:59 >> SO THERE WAS A LOT OF QUESTIONS WE DID RECEIVE
04:17:02 PUSHBACK FROM FOLKS IN NORTH BEACH.
04:17:03 I DID CONSULT WITH DISTRICT THREE SUPERVISOR SAUDER WHO
04:17:10 AGREED WITH THE LEGISLATION IS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE CO-SPONSORS
04:17:13 AND PRESIDENT RANDLEMAN AGREED TO PART OF THE LEGISLATION BUT
04:17:17 NOT ALL OF IT FOR THE CASTRO WHICH IS WHERE WE GOT TO TODAY.
04:17:21 BUT I DO THINK COLLEAGUES THAT IN LOOKING FORWARD TO WHAT'S
04:17:25 HAPPENING AROUND OUR CITY AND THE CHANGES IN RETAIL WE
04:17:32 SHOULD LOOK AT OUR CONTROLS AND WE SHOULD LOOK AT WHAT OUR
04:17:36 CHALLENGES ARE TODAY AND THE CHALLENGES THAT ARE COMING
04:17:40 TOMORROW BECAUSE WE SEE THEY'RE COMING AND NOT RESPOND TO THE
04:17:44 CHALLENGES OF 30 YEARS AGO BECAUSE IT IS NO LONGER
04:17:45 APPROPRIATE AND IT DOESN'T HELP US.
04:17:48 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
04:17:49 CHAIR MELGAR SUPERVISOR CHAN THANK YOU PRESIDENT MADAM AND I
04:17:53 WANT TO THANK FIRST SUPERVISOR MALAGA FOR HER LEADERSHIP
04:17:59 AND IN EVALUATING THIS AND I CAN CONCUR AND UNDERSTAND YOU
04:18:02 THIS IS A PROBLEM SOLVING FOR HER DISTRICT IN TERMS OF
04:18:04 WESTPORT ALL WHAT I HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS PIECE OF
04:18:09 LEGISLATION COLLEAGUES IS THAT IN THE CONTEXT OF UPCOMING
04:18:12 ZONING PLAN BUT ALSO THE LEGISLATION THAT WERE
04:18:15 PREVIOUSLY APPROVED LAYERING SUCH AS FLEXIBLE USE FOR FOR
04:18:22 OUR NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICT AS WELL AS THE MOST
04:18:26 RECENT OF PRIORITIZATION OF FORMULARY TILE WITH 20
04:18:30 STOREFRONTS AND LESS AND IT IS NOT SO MUCH OF THAT I AM
04:18:34 IN OPPOSITION OF THIS PARTICULAR LEGISLATION BUT IS
04:18:38 MUCH MORE SO IN THE CONTEXT OF NOT JUST THE UP ZONING BUT
04:18:42 OVERALL LAYERING OF DIFFERENT LEGISLATION AND HOW THAT
04:18:46 ACTUALLY NOT JUST IMPACTING NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL
04:18:48 CORRIDOR OR NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS IN IN
04:18:54 IN THE RICHMOND BUT CLEARLY ALSO IN OTHER REALLY CITY Y
04:18:58 AND I KNOW THAT WE'RE UNIQUE WE HAVE 47 DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOOD
04:18:59 COMMERCIAL DISTRICT AND SOME OF THEM HAVE DIFFERENT KINDS OF
04:19:03 RESTRICTION AND PARTICULARLY IN THE RICHMOND WE HAVE FOUR
04:19:08 JUST GARY ALONE WE HAVE RESTRICTION ON FORMULA RETAIL
04:19:10 AND FOOD AND FORMULA RETAIL ON PET STORE SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE
04:19:16 OF THAT I MUST SAY THAT I HAVE QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS AND JUST
04:19:21 WANTED TO SEEK A MORE BETTER UNDERSTANDING AND IN DEPTH
04:19:28 ANALYSIS THAT WHEN WE DO THIS IN THE EVENT THAT FOR A LARGER
04:19:33 LOTS CAN DO DO A DIVISION WITHOUT A CONDITIONAL USE
04:19:36 LAYERING WITH THE FLEXIBLE USE WITHOUT ADDITIONAL CONDITIONAL
04:19:40 USE HOW WOULD THAT ACTUALLY WORK FOR US AND WHAT DOES THAT
04:19:44 MEAN? I GOT A CLARIFICATION YESTERDAY
04:19:47 ON LAND USE AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING ME YESTERDAY
04:19:48 AND FOR ALLOWING ME TO JOIN YESTERDAY AT LAND USE COMMITTEE
04:19:51 THAT I CAN ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT PARCEL DELIVERY FACILITY
04:19:55 PARTICULARLY A CLARIFICATION THAT YOU KNOW FOR THE RICHMOND
04:20:02 IS NOT APPLICABLE FOR PARCEL DELIVERY SERVICE BUT ACTUALLY
04:20:03 IS NOT CLEAR WHETHER THE REMAINING OF OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD
04:20:10 COMMERCIAL DISTRICT PARCEL DELIVERY SERVICE IS TECHNICALLY
04:20:14 BANNED IN THIS CASE WHICH WE KNOW IS HAS ACTUALLY HAS A
04:20:18 WAIVER FOR 5000 SQUARE FOOTAGE AND LESS ALL WHICH IS TO SAY
04:20:22 COLLEAGUES I I'M PUTTING OUT THERE AND AND AGAIN I CAN
04:20:29 UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS A FEELING THAT YOU KNOW, WE
04:20:33 SHOULD MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION TODAY
04:20:36 SINCE THERE'S A DUPLICATE UP FILE SEEMS LIKE IT'S A WAITING
04:20:41 FOR FURTHER AMENDMENT. I'M GOING TO PUT IT OUT THERE
04:20:44 THAT I WANT TO ASK COLLEAGUES TO THINK ABOUT WHETHER THERE'S
04:20:48 A POSSIBILITY TO EITHER FOR CONTINUANCE OF THIS PIECE OF
04:20:52 LEGISLATION TODAY OR SEND IT BACK TO COMMITTEE FOR FURTHER
04:20:56 COMMUNICATIONS AND YOU KNOW, CONVERSATIONS THAT WE CAN HAVE
04:21:00 WITH OUR CONSTITUENTS AND PARTICULARLY FOR ME, YOU
04:21:01 KNOW, NOT JUST I WANT TO SAY NOT JUST THAT BUSINESS LOCATED
04:21:08 IN THE RICHMOND NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICT BUT ALSO
04:21:11 FRANKLY CHINESE SPEAKING AND MONOLINGUAL MERCHANTS FOR
04:21:15 THEM TO ACTUALLY UNDERSTAND THIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION.
04:21:18 I HAVE QUESTIONS I WOULD IMAGINE SO WHAT MY CONSTITUENTS
04:21:24 NOT JUST IN D ONE BUT THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT ARE
04:21:28 PARTICULARLY CHINESE SPEAKING. >> SO I AM GOING TO THROW IT
04:21:32 OUT THERE THAT I WILL HAVE THEM I AM PUTTING A MOTION OUT THERE
04:21:36 FOR A CONTINUANCE AS I KNOW I WILL REQUIRE A SECOND SECOND
04:21:42 BITE AND SO I'M GOING TO LAY IT OUT THERE AND AND FOR YOUR
04:21:46 CONSIDERATION AND BUT AGAIN, I WANT TO I DO WANT TO THANK
04:21:51 SUPERVISOR MAL GA FOR ALWAYS TRYING TO PROBLEM SOLVE FOR HER
04:21:55 DISTRICT AND BUT I UNDERSTAND YOU KNOW IF THERE'S A
04:21:59 CONSIDERATION AND COURTESY FOR PRESENT MADAM IN CARVING OUT
04:22:03 CONTRADICTORY AND REST OF THIS ACTUALLY IMPACT MANY YOU KNOW
04:22:07 ALL ACTUALLY NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICT CITYWIDE
04:22:11 I'M I YOU KNOW AND THIS WHAT CAME OUT AS COMMITTEE REPORT
04:22:15 I'M ASKING JUST FOR MORE MORE TIME I'M NOT SAYING THAT I'M
04:22:18 VOTING OPPOSITION I DON'T WANT TO BE IN VOTING OPPOSITION
04:22:22 TODAY BUT IF I MUST I PROBABLY WILL FOR TODAY.
04:22:25 SUPERVISOR CHAN JUST TO CLARIFY THE MOTION YOUR YOU HAVE MOVED
04:22:30 TO CONTINUE THIS TO THE NEXT MEETING THE NEXT MEETING
04:22:33 SEPTEMBER 2ND SEPTEMBER 2ND AND THAT HAS BEEN SECONDED BY
04:22:37 SUPERVISOR CHAN SUPERVISOR SLAUGHTER THANK YOU PRESIDENT
04:22:42 MANAGEMENT AND THANK YOU SUPERVISOR MELGAR FOR YOUR WORK
04:22:46 ON THIS. >> I'VE HEARD CONCERNS ABOUT
04:22:49 THIS FROM SOME COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND I WANT TO KIND OF
04:22:54 ADDRESS THOSE BECAUSE I, I THINK THEY'RE COMING FROM A
04:22:57 GOOD PLACE AND AND THEY'RE VALID CONCERNS AT FIRST.
04:23:01 YOU KNOW, THE CONCERNS ARE SPEAK SOMEWHAT TO WHAT YOU WERE
04:23:05 SHARING SUPERVISOR CHAN ON ON THE LAYERING OF THE DIFFERENT
04:23:09 PIECES I THINK ALSO JUST THE KIND OF THE WORST CASE SCENARIO
04:23:13 IN SOME FOLKS MINDS OF OF STOREFRONTS BEING MERGED AT
04:23:14 WILL AND LARGE SPACES OPENING AND I TAKE ANY OF THOSE
04:23:21 CONCERNS SERIOUSLY FOR ME I THINK ACTUALLY THIS LEGISLATION
04:23:26 PUTS IN MORE GUARDRAILS THAN BEFORE AND IT DOES IT IN A MORE
04:23:30 TRANSPARENT MANNER. SPECIFICALLY THIS RETAINS THE
04:23:37 CONDITIONAL USE ABOVE 4000FT2. >> SO THAT IS A PROCESS THAT IS
04:23:41 RETAINED IN ON THE STOREFRONT MERGER SIDE, STOREFRONT MERGERS
04:23:47 ARE CURRENTLY NOT ALLOWED AND A LOT OF THE NCDS THAT I
04:23:51 REPRESENT AND WE HAVE PENDING LEGISLATION TO ALLOW MORE
04:23:55 FLEXIBILITY TO CHANGE THAT TO A CONDITIONAL USE AND IF WE ARE
04:23:58 SUCCESSFUL THERE STILL WILL BE A CONDITIONAL USE PROCESS.
04:24:00 SO TO ME IT IS TAKING THIS ACTION AND PUTTING IT TO A MORE
04:24:06 IN FRONT OF A MORE OBJECTIVE SET OF STANDARDS IN A MORE
04:24:10 TRANSPARENT MANNER. OTHERWISE WE'RE HAVING TO DO AS
04:24:12 SUPERVISOR MELGAR EXPLAINED. WE'RE HAVING TO DO SPOT
04:24:15 LEGISLATION AND THE QUESTION IS CAN THE GENERAL PUBLIC FOLLOW
04:24:19 THAT LEGISLATIVE PROCESS WHICH IS DONE AT THE WILL AND THE
04:24:26 SUBJECTIVE WILL OF AN INDIVIDUAL SUPERVISOR OR DO
04:24:29 THEY FOLLOW A PLANNING PROCESS BETTER?
04:24:30 NEITHER ARE EASY TO FOLLOW BUT THE PLANNING PROCESS DOES COME
04:24:34 WITH A NOTICE REQUIREMENT AND SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED
04:24:38 IN COMMUNITY INPUT AND DOING THINGS TRANSPARENTLY I THINK
04:24:42 THERE'S ACTUALLY A CASE TO BE SAID THAT THIS DOES IT IN A
04:24:43 MORE TRANSPARENT MANNER. I ALSO REALLY APPRECIATE THE
04:24:49 THE PIECE OF THIS LEGISLATION AND I THINK THE PROBABLY THE
04:24:50 PIECE THAT WILL BE MOST IMPACTFUL OVER TIME IS THE
04:24:54 SUBDIVIDING OF SMALLER SPACES. I THINK THAT IS A SIGNIFICANT
04:24:58 ISSUE THAT THERE'S NOT ENOUGH ATTENTION ON CITYWIDE OF THESE
04:25:01 MASSIVE LARGE SPACES WHICH ARE JUST NOT IN DEMAND FOR RETAIL
04:25:05 ANYMORE AND SOMETHING LIKE THIS MAKING IT EASIER TO SUBDIVIDE I
04:25:09 THINK ACTUALLY GOES ADVANCES THE GOAL THAT MANY OF US SHARE
04:25:17 OF THIS SMALL NEIGHBORHOOD SERVING RETAIL IT ALSO ADVANCES
04:25:20 THE GOAL THAT MANY OF US SHARE OF OF MORE AFFORDABLE RENTS
04:25:24 WHICH ARE MORE ATTAINABLE WITH SMALLER SPACES.
04:25:25 SO ON THE BALANCE I THINK IT IS A GOOD PIECE OF LEGISLATION.
04:25:29 I ALSO YOU KNOW RECOGNIZING THOSE CONCERNS I NOTICE IT HAS
04:25:33 BEEN DUPLICATED AND I THINK THERE'S YOU KNOW THAT WOULD BE
04:25:34 AN AVENUE TO DO FURTHER WORK. I WILL NOT SUPPORT A WELL LET
04:25:38 ME PUT IT THIS WAY I'LL I'LL I'LL LOOK TO HEAR FROM
04:25:42 SUPERVISOR MELGAR ON THE ISSUE OF CONTINUANCE.
04:25:45 >> THANKS. SUPERVISOR CHERYL THANK YOU
04:25:49 PRESIDENT GENTLEMAN I JUST WANT TO THANK SUPERVISOR MELGAR FOR
04:25:52 REALLY, REALLY LEANING INTO THIS HARD BEING INCREDIBLY
04:25:53 THOUGHTFUL AT THE END OF THE DAY THIS IS ABOUT MAKING IT
04:25:57 EASIER FOR SMALL BUSINESSES TO FILL SPACES THAT LARGE CHAIN
04:26:00 STORES CAN NO LONGER FILL BECAUSE OF RETAIL TRENDS THAT
04:26:04 ARE TOTALLY OUTSIDE OF SAN FRANCISCO.
04:26:05 HE SPOKE ABOUT IT VERY, VERY WELL AND I THINK SUPERVISOR
04:26:08 SAUTER TOUCHED ON IT AS WELL GIVING LANDLORDS THE ABILITY TO
04:26:12 SUBDIVIDE SPACES INTO SIGNIFICANTLY SMALLER SPACES
04:26:16 OFFERS NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR SAN FRANCISCO CREATIVE
04:26:19 ENTREPRENEURS FOR FOR PEOPLE WITHOUT CORPORATE BACKING, FOR
04:26:24 IMMIGRANTS, FOR FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO START BUSINESSES HERE
04:26:28 IN SAN FRANCISCO AND FILL PERSISTENTLY VACANT SPACES.
04:26:31 THIS IS ABOUT CREATING OPPORTUNITY BY MAKING
04:26:32 UNFILMABLE LARGE SPACES INTO FILLABLE SMALL SPACES
04:26:35 SUPERVISOR MCGRATH THANK YOU FOR WEIGHING IN ON THIS SO
04:26:40 HEAVILY AND SO SPECIFICALLY. CHAIR MILLER ANY OBJECTION TO
04:26:43 LETTING SUPERVISOR WALTON GO FIRST?
04:26:47 >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU PRESIDENT MADAM AND I
04:26:50 GUESS MY QUESTION IS TO THE CHAIR AS WHY DOES THIS HAVE TO
04:26:54 HAPPEN RIGHT NOW? LIKE IF IF THERE ARE CONCERNS
04:26:58 IN COMMUNITIES, WHY CAN'T THERE BE AT LEAST MORE CONVERSATION
04:27:03 BEFORE HAVING TO VOTE ON THIS TODAY?
04:27:08 >> CHAIR MELGAR THANK YOU PRESIDENT MANDEL MAN I THINK
04:27:16 THIS IS ACTUALLY REALLY SMALL. WE DO HAVE YOU KNOW THESE
04:27:21 ISSUES WITH A LARGE SPACES THAT YOU KNOW NOW WILL HAVE AN
04:27:25 EASIER WAY TO SUBDIVIDE CHEAPER, CHEAPER AND EASIER
04:27:32 AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT AFFECTS ALL OF US.
04:27:33 I HAVE NOT GOTTEN ANY OPPOSITION FROM ANYONE ABOUT
04:27:37 THAT A PART OF THE LEGISLATION IN FACT, YOU KNOW THE MERCHANTS
04:27:41 ON YOU KNOW, THE COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS ARE AFFECTED BY THE
04:27:45 OTHER PART OF THE LEGISLATURE ACTUALLY QUITE THIS LIKE THIS
04:27:49 QUITE A BIT AND I THINK THAT IT'S RELIEF FOR A LOT OF FOLKS
04:27:55 . I THINK THAT YOU KNOW, I WANT
04:27:59 TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT HAVE COME UP BECAUSE I
04:28:01 DON'T THINK THERE ARE ISSUES AND LIKE I SAID, I THINK THIS
04:28:03 IS REALLY SMALL IN WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO MOVE IT FORWARD TODAY I
04:28:07 DID DUPLICATE THE FILE IN CASE THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, ISSUES
04:28:12 THAT PEOPLE STILL WANT TO TINKER AROUND OR SOMEONE ELSE
04:28:15 WANTS YOU KNOW, TO GO FURTHER AT THE LEGISLATIONS ALREADY
04:28:19 WRITTEN AND WE CAN AMEND IT BUT I, I DON'T SEE A NEED TO DELAY
04:28:22 IT. LET ME JUST SAY THERE ARE NO
04:28:26 NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS WHERE DELIVERY PARCEL
04:28:30 DELIVERY IS PERMITTED. THERE ARE THREE WAYS YOU KNOW
04:28:31 THAT WE DEAL WITH IT. IT'S EITHER, YOU KNOW, PROHIBIT
04:28:34 IT OR IT IS PERMITTED OR YOU KNOW, PERMITTED WITH A
04:28:38 CONDITIONAL USE AND IN NO NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL
04:28:43 CORRIDOR IS PARCEL DELIVERY AT THE 5000FT2 OR LESS PERMITTED.
04:28:50 SO YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK THAT'S AN ISSUE FOR ANY OF YOU
04:28:54 WHO HAVE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS IN YOUR
04:28:55 DISTRICT BECAUSE IT IS LITERALLY PROHIBITED IN THIS
04:28:58 LEGISLATION DOES NOT CHANGE THAT.
04:28:59 I THINK THAT FOR THAT CONTROVERSIAL PART OF THIS
04:29:03 LEGISLATION WHICH IS THE USE SIZE CAP, THERE ARE ONLY THREE
04:29:09 COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS THAT ARE AFFECTED AND I HAVE SPOKEN TO
04:29:10 ALL THE SUPERVISORS THERE AND WE HAVE WORKED IT OUT IN A
04:29:14 WAY THAT IS SATISFACTORY TO THOSE SUPERVISORS.
04:29:18 SO I JUST DON'T SEE THE NEED FOR THE DELAY.
04:29:21 LIKE I SAID, I THINK THIS IS QUITE SMALL AND IT WILL BRING
04:29:25 RELIEF TO NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS THAT HAVE
04:29:28 THESE LARGE PIECES THAT HAVE BEEN VACANT.
04:29:29 >> THANK YOU. >> SUPER SUPERVISOR CHAN THANK
04:29:36 YOU PRESIDENT RANDLEMAN COLLEAGUES I THINK WHEN THIS
04:29:40 ITEM CAME BEFORE THE LAND USE COMMITTEE I EXPRESSED THEIR
04:29:43 GRAVE CONCERN REGARDING THIS LEGISLATION.
04:29:45 ONE IS THE PORTION OF THE LEGISLATION THAT REMOVES THE
04:29:47 USE SIZE CAPS IN SOME NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL
04:29:51 DISTRICT MAY SEEM LIKE A MODEST CHANGE BUT THIS CONTROLS WERE
04:29:54 PUT IN PLACE IN ORDER TO PROTECT SMALL BUSINESS FROM
04:29:58 BEING SQUEEZED OUT BY LARGEST BUSINESS WITH MORE RESOURCES
04:30:01 MUCH IN GROUPS. >> MULTIPLE MERCHANT GROUPS
04:30:02 CAME TO ME AND EXPRESSED THEIR STRONG OPPOSITION TO
04:30:06 ELIMINATION OF THE EXISTING LIMITS BECAUSE THEY UNDERSTAND
04:30:09 THAT REMOVING THE CAPS COULD UNDERMINE THE VITALITY OF
04:30:13 NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICT.
04:30:16 THIS WILL ALSO OPEN DOOR FOR BIGGER AND WHILE RESOURCES TO
04:30:17 RETAIL TENANTS TO EXPAND THEIR FOOTPRINT AND PLACE UPWARD
04:30:21 PRESSURE ON RENTS I ALSO BELIEVE THAT THERE IS ANOTHER
04:30:26 MORE UNKNOWN FACTOR WHICH IS WILL COME TO US VERY SOON.
04:30:30 >> IT'S WITH THE MAYOR'S REZONING OF THE CITY COMMERCIAL
04:30:33 CORRIDOR COMING FORWARD THERE WILL BE UNDOUBTEDLY BE
04:30:37 DEMOLITION OF BUILDINGS WITH MULTIPLE SMALL BUILDINGS
04:30:40 AND THIS LEGISLATION CAN ALSO OPEN DOOR TO NEW DEVELOPMENT
04:30:44 THAT COULD INCLUDE LARGER STOREFRONT FOOTPRINT THAT WILL
04:30:48 BE AN AFFORDABLE TO SMALL BUSINESS.
04:30:49 >> SO WITH THE LEGISLATION AS OF TODAY I AM NOT READY TO
04:30:53 SUPPORT BUT IN COMMITTEE I DID DUPLICATE A FILE AND I DO HOPE
04:30:57 THAT WE CAN HAVE MORE TIME AND LOOK INTO IT SO WE CAN
04:31:00 ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE MERCHANTS CONCERN.
04:31:03 THANK YOU. UH, SUPERVISOR CHEN JUST WANTED
04:31:10 TO BRIEFLY MENTION THAT YOU KNOW IT'S WE JUST RECEIVED IT
04:31:14 THIS AFTERNOON AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE MENTION THAT, YOU KNOW,
04:31:18 AN ORGANIZATION, A CITY WIDE ORGANIZATION KNOWN AS SMALL
04:31:22 BUSINESS FOUR HAS ARTICULATED AGAIN NOT IN OPPOSITION TO THE
04:31:26 LEGISLATION BUT ALSO JUST SIMPLY ASKING FOR A
04:31:27 CONTINUANCE. SO THAT DIFFERENT MERCHANT
04:31:30 GROUPS CITYWIDE CAN HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING ABOUT THE
04:31:34 IMPACT ON NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS.
04:31:38 I THINK THAT AGAIN THE PERSPECTIVE ABOUT WHETHER IT'S
04:31:42 A MINOR CHANGE OR NOT I THINK IT'S THE PROSPECT OF ABOUT
04:31:46 UNDERSTANDING THE IMPACT AND HOW IT ACTUALLY LAYERS
04:31:50 AND I CONCUR WITH SUPERVISOR CHEN'S SENTIMENT ABOUT THIS IS
04:31:54 REALLY ALSO IN THE CONTEXT OF THE UPCOMING UP ZONING PLAN
04:32:00 PROPOSED BY THE MAYOR AND HELP US ACTUALLY ALL UNDERSTAND HOW
04:32:04 THIS ACTUALLY WOULD WORK OUT FOR PARTICULARLY FOR THE
04:32:08 NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICT.
04:32:09 >> THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN. ALOHA.
04:32:12 I WILL JUST MAKE ONE LAST POINT AND LET THIS ONE GO.
04:32:16 SO YOU KNOW FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION THE EXISTING
04:32:20 CONTROLS STILL APPLY. SO IF IT'S A SPACE THAT'S
04:32:24 LARGER THAN 4000, 5000 SQUARE FOOT WHEREVER THAT IS, YOU
04:32:28 STILL NEED TO GO THROUGH A CONDITIONAL USE.
04:32:31 THERE ARE SOME AREAS WHERE THINGS ARE STREAMLINED.
04:32:35 THAT IS THE CASE AND IT IS A VERY SMALL SCENARIO NOT
04:32:39 NECESSARILY CONNECTED TO THE OBSERVING BUT I WILL ALSO SAY,
04:32:43 YOU KNOW IN THE EXPERIENCES THAT I HAD WITH A CAP ON WEST
04:32:48 PORTAL IT IN ALSO IT HAPPENED WITH THE FORMER SUPERVISOR
04:32:54 DISTRICT THREE WITH BOB'S DONUTS WHEN THE SPOT ZONING
04:32:55 HAPPENED IS BECAUSE YOU HAVE THAT ACCESS TO YOUR SUPERVISOR
04:33:00 WHO CAN WRITE LEGISLATION JUST FOR YOUR BUSINESS AND YOU CAN
04:33:03 PAY YOU KNOW BRANT GLADSTONE OR WHOEVER LAND USE LAWYER $700 AN
04:33:10 HOUR OR PAY AN EXPEDITER TO DO THIS FOR YOU.
04:33:14 IT IS NOT THE SMALL IMMIGRANT BUSINESSES THAT ARE BENEFITING
04:33:17 FROM OUR CURRENT REALLY RESTRICTIVE CONTROLS.
04:33:18 IT IS THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE ACCESS WHO HAVE MONEY TO PAY
04:33:22 THE LAND USE LAWYERS AND I THINK THAT WE ARE DOING A
04:33:26 DISSERVICE TO A SMALL IMMIGRANT NON-ENGLISH SPEAKING PEOPLE BY
04:33:29 HAVING THESE RESTRICTIONS THAT ONLY ALLOW ACCESS FOR SOME
04:33:36 AND NOT OTHERS. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY
04:33:38 THAT THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT, MADAM CLERK, ON
04:33:41 THE MOTION TO CONTINUE THE ITEM MADE BY SUPERVISOR CHAN
04:33:45 AND SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR CHAN PLEASE CALL THE ROLL AN ITEM ON
04:33:51 THE MOTION TO CONTINUE ITEM 63 TO SEPTEMBER 2ND SUPERVISOR
04:33:55 RICARDO AND GAUDIO NO SUPERVISOR FIELDER FIELDER EYES
04:33:59 SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD MAHMOOD NO. SUPERVISOR RANDLEMAN NO MANDEL
04:34:04 MAN NO SUPERVISOR MILKER MELGAR NO SUPERVISOR SUTTER SUTTER NO
04:34:08 SUPERVISORS CHERYL CHERYL NO SUPERVISOR WALTON WALTON I
04:34:15 SUPERVISOR CHAN CHIN I AND SUPERVISOR CHEN CHIN I
04:34:19 AND SUPERVISOR DORSEY DORSEY NO THERE ARE FOUR EYES AND SEVEN
04:34:24 NOS WITH SUPERVISORS AND GAUDIO MAHMOOD MANDEL MEN MELGAR
04:34:28 SORTER CHERYL AND DORSEY VOTING NO.
04:34:32 >> ALL RIGHT SO THE MOTION DOES NOT PASS.
04:34:33 IS THAT A GAVEL OF EVENT? WHY NOT SAYS THE CITY ATTORNEY.
04:34:39 >> ALL RIGHT, MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL
04:34:42 ON ITEM 63 AND ITEM 63 SUPERVISOR RANK AUDIO AND VIDEO
04:34:46 I SUPERVISOR FIELDER FIELDER EYES SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD MAHMOOD
04:34:51 EYES SUPERVISOR MANDEL HIGH MANDEL MEN EYES SUPERVISOR
04:34:55 MELGAR MELGAR EYES SUPERVISOR SARDAR SADR EYES SUPERVISOR
04:35:01 CHERYL CHERYL EYES SUPERVISOR WALTON HIGH WALTON EYES
04:35:05 SUPERVISOR CHIN CHIN NO SUPERVISOR CHIN CHIN NO
04:35:09 AND SUPERVISOR DORSEY DORSEY I THERE ARE NO NOISE AND TO NOSE
04:35:14 WITH SUPERVISORS CHIN AND CHIN VOTING NO THE ORDINANCE IS
04:35:18 PASSED ON FIRST READING MADAM CLERK PLEASE CALL ITEM 64 ITEM
04:35:25 64 WAS RECOMMENDED AS AMENDED WITH THE SAME TITLE.
04:35:28 IT'S AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE BUILDING CODE TO REQUIRE
04:35:29 BUILDINGS UNDERGOING MAJOR RENOVATIONS TO MEAN TO REMAIN
04:35:33 OR CONVERT TO ALL ELECTRIC BUILDINGS WITH EXEMPTIONS
04:35:37 EXCEPTIONS FOR PHYSICAL AND TECHNICAL AND FEASIBILITY
04:35:40 COMMERCIAL FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS NONRESIDENTIAL TO RESIDENTIAL
04:35:44 CONVERSIONS BUILDINGS WITH RECENT MAJOR SYSTEMS
04:35:48 REPLACEMENTS AND 100% AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO AFFIRM
04:35:52 THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT'S DETERMINATION AND TO MAKE THE
04:35:55 APPROPRIATE FINDINGS. >> MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE
04:35:57 ROLL ON ITEM 64 SUPERVISOR RANK AUDIO AND ENGARDIO EYES
04:36:03 SUPERVISOR FIELDER FIELDER I SUPERVISOR MAHMUD AHMAD I
04:36:07 SUPERVISOR RANDLEMAN HI MENDELSON I SUPERVISOR MELGAR
04:36:11 MELGAR EYES SUPERVISOR SADR SADR EYES SUPERVISOR CHERYL
04:36:17 CHERYL EYES SUPERVISOR WALTON WALTON EYES SUPERVISOR CHIN
04:36:22 CHIN EYES SUPERVISOR CHIN CHIN I AND SUPERVISOR DORSEY DORSEY
04:36:29 EITHER ARE LEBANESE WITHOUT OBJECTION THE ORDINANCE IS
04:36:32 PASSED ON FIRST READING MADAM CLERK PLEASE CALL ITEM 65 ITEM
04:36:35 65 WAS RECOMMENDED AS A COMMITTEE REPORT.
04:36:39 >> IT'S A RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE THE PLACEMENT OF
04:36:43 COMMEMORATIVE SIDEWALK PLAQUES AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS WITHIN
04:36:46 AND AROUND THE NORTH BEACH NEIGHBORHOOD AS PART OF THE SAN
04:36:48 FRANCISCO LITTLE ITALY HONOR WALK TO CELEBRATE PROMINENT
04:36:51 FIGURES IN THE ITALIAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY.
04:36:55 >> COLLEAGUES, I THINK WE CAN TAKE THIS ITEM SAME HOUSE, SAME
04:36:59 CALL WITHOUT OBJECTION THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED.
04:37:02 >> MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL ITEM 66.
04:37:03 YES AND I'LL FIRST STATE THAT ITEM 66 THROUGH 69 WERE
04:37:09 CONSIDERED BY THE RULES COMMITTEE AT A REGULAR MEETING
04:37:10 ON MONDAY JULY 28TH. ITEM 66 WAS RECOMMENDED AS
04:37:16 AMENDED WITH THE SAME TITLE IT READS ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE
04:37:20 ADMINISTRATIVE CODE TO REVISE THE GOALS AND REPORTING
04:37:22 REQUIREMENTS FOR FOOD PURCHASING BY THE DEPARTMENT OF
04:37:25 PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT FOR CITY HOSPITALS
04:37:28 AND JAILS AND TO ELIMINATE THE SUNSET DATE SUCH THAT THE
04:37:33 PROGRAM STANDARDS AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS WILL REMAIN
04:37:36 IN EFFECT INDEFINITELY. >> CHAIR WALTON I WAS JUST
04:37:43 KIDDING. THANK YOU SO MUCH, PRESIDENT
04:37:44 MADAM IN. COLLEAGUES YESTERDAY ON RULES
04:37:48 COMMITTEE WE AMENDED AND DUPLICATED THE FAILED TO
04:37:51 REMOVE A PROVISION REQUIRING THE.
04:37:54 TO SOURCE 5% OF FOOD FROM MEDIUM AND SMALL FARMS BY
04:37:58 JANUARY 2027 AND INCREASE SOURCING TO 10 TO 15% BY
04:38:03 JANUARY 2028. >> THIS CHANGE WILL ALLOW DPS
04:38:05 TO EVALUATE AND ANALYZE THE UPDATED GOALS OVER THE AUGUST
04:38:08 RECESS. THESE SOURCING TARGETS WERE
04:38:12 ORIGINALLY ESTABLISHED BY H AND COORDINATION WITH THE
04:38:16 CENTER FOR GOOD FOOD PURCHASING IN 2000 1920 WHICH IS WHY THEY
04:38:21 WERE INCLUDED IN THIS LEGISLATION INITIALLY.
04:38:22 >> THIS POLICY WAS REINTRODUCED BECAUSE THE CURRENT POLICY IS
04:38:27 SET TO EXPIRE IN SEPTEMBER AND THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO
04:38:31 STRENGTHEN OUR GOALS AROUND SUSTAINABILITY, HEALTH, LABOR
04:38:35 PRACTICES AND LOCAL FOOD SOURCING BY ENSURING THAT SAN
04:38:39 FRANCISCO'S PUBLIC DOLLARS SUPPORT ETHICAL FOOD SYSTEMS
04:38:42 THAT UPLIFT WORKERS AND COMMUNITIES.
04:38:43 AFTER FURTHER DISCUSSIONS WITH MY COLLEAGUES WHO SUPPORT THE
04:38:47 POLICY BUT REQUESTED A SUNSET DATE, WE'VE REACHED AN
04:38:51 AGREEMENT TO INCLUDE A TEN YEAR SUNSET FOR 2035.
04:38:54 WITH THAT I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND THE FOLLOWING
04:38:58 ON PAGE ONE LINE FIVE OF THE LONG TITLE REMOVE THE WORD
04:39:02 ELIMINATED AND REPLACE IT WITH REVISING ON LINE 6 TO 7.
04:39:06 REMOVE INDEFINITELY AND REPLACE IT WITH UNTIL DECEMBER 31ST
04:39:12 2035. AND ON PAGE 11 LINES TWO
04:39:15 THROUGH FOUR ADD A PROVISION TO SUNSET SECTIONS 21.3 21 D POINT
04:39:24 421 D POINT FIVE ON DECEMBER 31ST 2035 AND I HAVE ALSO
04:39:28 PASSED THESE AROUND TO EVERYONE AND I WILL SECOND THAT MOTION
04:39:34 AND OFFER MY THANKS TO THE CHAIR WALTON FOR HIS
04:39:38 WILLINGNESS TO MAKE THAT CHANGE AS FOLKS MAY BE AWARE.
04:39:42 MY OPEN FOR BUSINESS CONTRACT STREAMLINING ACT OF 2025
04:39:49 ENDEAVORS TO ESTABLISH TIME LIMITS FOR SOME OF OUR SOCIAL
04:39:53 POLICIES. I THINK IT'S GENERALLY GOOD
04:39:54 PRACTICE FOR US TO HAVE TIME LIMITS ON OUR PROCUREMENT
04:39:57 REQUIREMENTS. AND SO I WANT TO THANK THANK
04:40:01 THE CHAIR FOR BEING WILLING TO ACCOMMODATE THAT REQUEST
04:40:04 IN THIS PARTICULAR PIECE OF LEGISLATION.
04:40:06 >> I THINK I HOPE WE CAN TAKE THAT MOTION WITHOUT OBJECTION.
04:40:11 ALL RIGHT. >> SO THE MOTION PASSES.
04:40:12 AND THEN MADAM CLERK. I THINK WE CAN TAKE THE AMENDED
04:40:16 ITEM. SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL.
04:40:20 WITHOUT OBJECTION, THE ORDINANCES PASSED ON FOR THE
04:40:23 AMENDED ORDINANCES PASSED ON FIRST READING.
04:40:26 >> AND THEN MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU LET'S SEE ITEM 67 WAS NOT
04:40:30 FORWARDED TO THE BOARD. SO CAN YOU CALL ITEM 68?
04:40:34 >> ITEM 68. THIS ITEM WAS AMENDED TO ADD
04:40:43 THE NAME OF THE APPOINTEE. SO IT NOW READS MOTION TO
04:40:45 APPOINT KELLY YUN TO THE CITIZEN'S COMMITTEE ON
04:40:48 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TERM ENDING FEBRUARY 23RD, 2026.
04:40:51 >> LET'S TAKE THAT SAME HOUSE SAME CALL.
04:40:55 WITHOUT OBJECTION THE MOTION IS APPROVED.
04:40:56 MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL ITEM 69.
04:40:59 >> ITEM 69 THIS MOTION THE AMENDMENT WAS TO STRIKE THE
04:41:03 WORD REJECTING AND IT NOW READS MOTION TO APPROVE THE MAYOR'S
04:41:07 NOMINATION OF ELEANOR COX FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE HISTORIC
04:41:11 PRESERVATION COMMISSION. TERM ENDING DECEMBER 31ST,
04:41:15 2028. >> AND LET'S TAKE THIS ITEM
04:41:18 SAME HOUSE, SAME CALL. >> WITHOUT OBJECTION THE MOTION
04:41:20 IS APPROVED. >> AND MADAM CLERK, LET'S GO TO
04:41:22 A ROLL CALL FIRST MEMBER OF TO INTRODUCE NEW BUSINESS IS
04:41:26 SUPERVISOR AND ENGARDIO. THANK YOU COLLEAGUES TODAY I'M
04:41:30 REQUESTING A HEARING TO EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF
04:41:33 THE CITY'S PROGRAMS AND TAX INCENTIVES INTENDED TO
04:41:37 REVITALIZE OUR BEAUTIFUL COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS.
04:41:38 THIS HEARING WILL FOCUS ON THREE KEY INITIATIVES THE
04:41:41 DEPARTMENT OF BUILDING INSPECTIONS VACANT OR ABANDONED
04:41:44 COMMERCIAL STOREFRONT REGISTRY THE TREASURER AND TAX
04:41:46 COLLECTORS COMMERCIAL VACANCY TAX AND THE SAN FRANCISCO
04:41:49 PUBLIC WORKS GRAFFITI ABATEMENT OPTION PROGRAM.
04:41:53 AT FIRST GLANCE THESE PROGRAMS MAY SEEM DISTINCT BUT TOGETHER
04:41:57 THEY REFLECT THE CITY'S BROADER STRATEGY TO PREVENT COMMERCIAL
04:42:00 PROPERTY BLIGHT DISCOURAGE COMMERCIAL STOREFRONT VACANCIES
04:42:04 AND SUPPORT THE LONG TERM HEALTH OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD
04:42:05 COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS. VACANT AND POORLY MAINTAINED
04:42:09 STOREFRONTS DO MORE THAN AFFECT THE LOOK AND FEEL OF A
04:42:12 CORRIDOR. THEY UNDERMINE COMMUNITY
04:42:13 CONFIDENCE, DETER FOOT TRAFFIC AND DISCOURAGE SMALL BUSINESS
04:42:16 INVESTMENT. IN RECENT YEARS SAN FRANCISCO
04:42:20 HAS TAKEN MEANINGFUL STEPS TO ADDRESS THESE CHALLENGES
04:42:21 THROUGH TARGETED POLICIES. EACH WAS DESIGNED TO REDUCE
04:42:25 LONG TERM VACANCIES, IMPROVE THE CONDITION AND APPEARANCE OF
04:42:28 COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES AND MAINTAIN THE VIBRANCY OF
04:42:30 OUR SHARED PUBLIC SPACES. HOWEVER, IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE
04:42:34 THAT TWO OF THESE PROGRAMS THE VACANT OR ABANDONED COMMERCIAL
04:42:36 STOREFRONT REGISTRY AND THE COMMERCIAL VACANCY TAX WERE
04:42:39 ADOPTED BEFORE THE ONSET OF THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC WHICH
04:42:43 PROFOUNDLY RESHAPED OUR CITY'S ECONOMIC LANDSCAPE.
04:42:46 A MARCH 3RD 2020 JUST TWO WEEKS BEFORE COVID 19 LOCKDOWNS WENT
04:42:50 INTO EFFECT, SAN FRANCISCO VOTERS PASSED THE COMMERCIAL
04:42:53 VACANCY TAX AND IN FALL 2023 THIS BOARD SUSPENDED
04:42:57 IMPLEMENTATION OF THE VACANT OR ABANDONED COMMERCIAL STOREFRONT
04:43:01 REGISTRY FOR AN ENTIRE YEAR. >> BUT TODAY SAN FRANCISCO HAS
04:43:07 TWO OVERLAPPING COMMERCIAL VACANCY PROGRAMS EACH
04:43:08 ADMINISTERED BY TWO SEPARATE DEPARTMENTS.
04:43:11 THIS RAISES IMPORTANT QUESTIONS.
04:43:14 ARE THESE PROGRAMS EFFECTIVELY REDUCING LONG TERM VACANCIES?
04:43:16 ARE THEY HELPING TO PREVENT COMMERCIAL BLIGHT IN OUR
04:43:19 NEIGHBORHOODS? AND JUST AS CRITICALLY, WHO ARE
04:43:22 THESE PROGRAMS REALLY SERVING? ARE WE UNINTENTIONALLY PLACING
04:43:27 AN UNDUE BURDEN ON SMALL MOM AND POP PROPERTY OWNERS
04:43:28 NAVIGATING SHORT TERM VACANCIES?
04:43:31 CONVERSELY, ARE WE ALLOWING LONG TERM ABSENTEE LANDLORDS TO
04:43:35 AVOID RESPONSIBILITY WHILE THE CITY ABSORBS THE COSTS OF
04:43:39 MAINTAINING THE EXTERNAL APPEARANCE OF THEIR BLIGHTED
04:43:40 PROPERTIES? THESE ARE THE QUESTIONS WE MUST
04:43:43 ANSWER IF WE'RE SERIOUS ABOUT RESTORING THE VITALITY OF OUR
04:43:47 COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS AND MAKING SURE CITY POLICY REFLECTS BOTH
04:43:51 FAIRNESS AND IMPACT. >> AND COLLEAGUES, I'M ALSO
04:43:55 MAKING A FORMAL LEGISLATIVE DRAFTING REQUEST OF THE CITY
04:43:57 ATTORNEY TO HELP STREAMLINE AND CONSOLIDATE PERMIT FEES
04:44:00 LISTED IN SAN FRANCISCO'S BUSINESS TAX AND REGULATIONS
04:44:03 CODE. >> I KNOW ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
04:44:07 CLEANUP IS NOT THE MOST EXCITING TOPIC BUT IT IS
04:44:08 EXACTLY THIS SORT OF STREAMLINING CODE
04:44:11 SIMPLIFICATION AND CLEANUP OF ANTIQUATED PERMIT REQUIREMENTS
04:44:15 THAT HELPS DEMYSTIFY LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND HELPS MAKE OUR
04:44:18 CITY CHARTER EASIER TO ADMINISTER AND UNDERSTAND.
04:44:22 AND IT ALLOWS MORE CITIZENS AND MERCHANTS TO UNDERSTAND THE
04:44:23 COSTS AND COMPLEXITY ASSOCIATED WITH DOING BUSINESS IN SAN
04:44:27 FRANCISCO. OUR BUSINESS TAX
04:44:30 AND REGULATIONS CODE COVERS ALL KINDS OF OBSCURE THINGS FROM
04:44:34 BALLOON ADVERTISING LICENSE REQUIREMENTS FOR VENDING
04:44:38 MACHINES TO BIRD EXHIBITIONS AND BOWLING ALLEYS.
04:44:42 IT GOES INTO GREAT DETAIL TO SPECIFY THE FEES AND PERMIT
04:44:43 REQUIREMENTS THE CITY IS SUPPOSED TO IMPOSE AND COLLECT
04:44:46 ON TARGETED INDUSTRIES. SOME SECTIONS IN OUR BUSINESS
04:44:50 TAX AND REGULATIONS CODE HAVE BEEN ON THE BOOKS FOR NEARLY A
04:44:54 CENTURY. BUT MANY OF THESE INDUSTRIES NO
04:44:55 LONGER OPERATE IN THE CITY AND TODAY SOME AREN'T EVEN
04:44:58 LEGAL TO OPERATE IN SAN FRANCISCO.
04:45:00 MY STAFF HAS IDENTIFIED NEARLY 100 OBSCURE FEES AND CHARGES
04:45:04 THAT CITY DEPARTMENTS ARE MEANT TO COLLECT FROM BUSINESSES.
04:45:08 BUT AN OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF THESE FEE CATEGORIES ARE NOT
04:45:12 FOUND IN DEPARTMENT BUDGET SUBMISSIONS.
04:45:15 MORE THAN SEVERAL LINE ITEM FEE CATEGORIES ARE ISSUED TO FEWER
04:45:19 THAN FIVE BUSINESSES EACH YEAR. A FEW DOZEN LINE ITEM FEE
04:45:21 CATEGORIES ARE ISSUED TO LESS THAN 20 BUSINESSES ANNUALLY.
04:45:24 >> ON AVERAGE EACH FEE WE REVIEWED GENERATES LESS THAN
04:45:30 $15,000 FOR DEPARTMENTS EACH YEAR AND NO FEE THAT WE REVIEW
04:45:31 GENERATES MORE THAN 100,000 IN ANNUAL REVENUE.
04:45:35 THAT IS WHY I'M ASKING THE CITY'S ATTORNEYS CITY
04:45:38 ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WITH SUPPORT FROM THE COMPTROLLER TO HELP
04:45:40 IDENTIFY ADDITIONAL OBSCURE PERMITS CODIFIED IN OUR
04:45:43 BUSINESS, TECH AND TAX AND REGULATIONS CODE THAT
04:45:46 GENERATE LESS THAN $100,000 IN REVENUE FOR CITY
04:45:49 DEPARTMENTS. I BELIEVE IT'S POSSIBLE TO
04:45:53 SIMPLIFY THE CITY'S CODE AND BRING IT INTO THE 21ST
04:45:54 CENTURY. THERE ARE AMPLE OPPORTUNITIES
04:45:57 TO MAKE SAN FRANCISCO'S PERMITS AND FEES EASIER TO COLLECT
04:46:01 AND ADMINISTER. >> THANK YOU COLLEAGUES AND THE
04:46:02 REST I SUBMIT. >> THANK YOU.
04:46:04 SUPERVISOR AND GUARDIAN SUPERVISOR FIELDER.
04:46:08 >> THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. COLLEAGUES, I HAVE TWO
04:46:11 RESOLUTIONS FOR INTRODUCTIONS TODAY.
04:46:15 FIRST OFF I WANT TO ADDRESS AN URGENT MATTER.
04:46:19 >> PRESIDENT TRUMP IS ONCE AGAIN ATTACKING OUR SAN
04:46:22 FRANCISCO VALUES AND OUR MOST VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES.
04:46:24 JUST LAST WEEK HE SIGNED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER PURPORTING TO
04:46:28 CRIMINALIZE MENTAL ILLNESS AND POVERTY WHILE DEFUNDING
04:46:31 EVIDENCE BASED SOLUTIONS THAT ACTUALLY WORK.
04:46:35 >> THE CITY HAS STOOD UP AGAINST THE TRUMP
04:46:38 ADMINISTRATION'S CRUELTY TOWARDS IMMIGRANTS AND THE
04:46:39 LGBTQ COMMUNITY. >> TODAY WE MUST STAND UP FOR
04:46:43 OUR UNHOUSED RESIDENTS WHO ARE DESPERATELY TRYING TO CHANGE
04:46:47 THEIR OWN SITUATION AND FIND REAL HOUSING STABILITY.
04:46:50 NOBODY WANTS TO BE HOMELESS. THEIR CIRCUMSTANCES NEVER
04:46:55 APPEAR DESIRE ACCORDING TO OUR PUBLIC DASHBOARDS.
04:46:58 >> SAN FRANCISCO AS HAS NEARLY 18,000 PEOPLE THROUGH PERMANENT
04:47:02 SUPPORTIVE HOUSING. THAT'S NOT JUST SYNTHETIC
04:47:06 POLICY AND NUMBERS PLACED ON A GRAPH.
04:47:09 >> THAT'S REAL ACTUAL HUMAN LIVES CHANGED.
04:47:13 >> 83% OF THOSE PLACED IN PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING
04:47:16 STAY FOR MANY YEARS. >> IMAGINE 18,000 PEOPLE BACK
04:47:20 ON THE STREETS. >> THAT'S CHASE CENTER TOTALLY
04:47:24 FILLED. THAT'S 327 FULLY PACKED MUNI
04:47:28 BUSSES AND WE CAN STILL DO WAY BETTER.
04:47:32 SAN FRANCISCO HAS A RESOURCES. THIS IS WHAT HOUSING FIRST
04:47:38 LOOKS LIKE IN ACTION. IT RAISES THE BAR FOR THE
04:47:39 ENTIRE CITY TO BE BETTER BECAUSE HOUSING FIRST AND HARM
04:47:45 REDUCTION DO SAVE LIVES. >> TRUMP'S ORDER THREATENS TO
04:47:49 WITHHOLD FEDERAL HOMELESSNESS AND MENTAL HEALTH FUNDS FROM
04:47:53 JURISDICTIONS THAT REFUSE TO CRIMINALIZE POVERTY
04:47:54 AND ADDICTION. IT TAKES RESOURCES AWAY FROM
04:47:57 POLICIES THAT ACTUALLY WORK. IT IS PUNISHMENT FOR COMPASSION
04:48:01 AND EVIDENCE BASED STRATEGIES AND THAT IS UNACCEPTABLE.
04:48:05 AND HE'S ALREADY STARTED HE'S STARTED WITH CUTTING $3.6
04:48:12 BILLION IN HUD HOMELESS GRANTS THAT ARE NOW FROZEN.
04:48:16 >> 60,000 HOUSEHOLDS ARE AT RISK OF LOSING THEIR EMERGENCY
04:48:20 HOUSING VOUCHERS NATIONALLY. HIS BUDGET PROPOSES OVER $1
04:48:26 BILLION NATIONALLY IN CUTS TO MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION
04:48:27 TREATMENT. >> AND IN SAN FRANCISCO WE
04:48:31 RECEIVED 63 MILLION DOLLARS IN FEDERAL FUNDING FOR
04:48:34 HOMELESSNESS ALONE. NOW AT RISK OF BEING DEFUNDED
04:48:38 BECAUSE MAKE NO MISTAKE THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S CRUELTY
04:48:42 IS THE POINT HE WANTS US TO EVICT, INCARCERATE
04:48:46 AND ABANDONED PEOPLE. HE WANTS TO DEFUND WHAT WORKS
04:48:49 BECAUSE IT'S NOT PUNITIVE ENOUGH.
04:48:53 >> BUT DONALD TRUMP DOES NOT GET TO DICTATE HOW SAN
04:48:55 FRANCISCO OPERATES. >> HE WAS NOT ELECTED HERE.
04:49:01 HOUSING FIRST WORKS WHEN WE PROVIDE A HOME AND SUPPORT
04:49:05 INSTEAD OF CONDITIONS AND ULTIMATUMS AND RED TAPE.
04:49:08 PEOPLE SURVIVE WHEN PEOPLE HAVE A HOME AND ALLOWS THEM TO
04:49:13 RECEIVE SERVICES. >> IT IS UNREALISTIC TO EXPECT
04:49:17 OUR VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES TO DO MORE WHEN THEY DON'T EVEN
04:49:20 HAVE A ROOF OVER THEIR HEADS. SO LET'S BE CLEAR MOVING AWAY
04:49:26 FROM HOUSING FIRST MEANS THAT WE'VE CONCEDED THE FIGHT
04:49:28 AND HAVE GIVEN IN TO DONALD TRUMP AND THE MAGA AGENDA.
04:49:31 >> IT MEANS REJECTING POLICIES THAT AFFIRM THE DIGNITY
04:49:35 AND POTENTIAL OF EVERY PERSON STRUGGLING WITH HOMELESSNESS.
04:49:38 >> LET'S DOUBLE DOWN ON WHAT WORKS.
04:49:41 >> UNTIL WE TRULY INVEST IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING, SHELTER
04:49:45 AND COMPREHENSIVE SERVICES, WE HAVE NO BUSINESS TO DISMANTLE
04:49:50 LAYING THE FRAGILE REFUGE FOR SO MANY THAT WE FOUGHT HARD TO
04:49:51 SECURE. >> AND THEN SECONDLY, I'M
04:49:54 INTRODUCING RESOLUTION TO UPHOLD SAN FRANCISCO'S VALUES
04:49:58 AND SUPPORT OUR IMMIGRANT RESIDENTS ONCE AGAIN WITH
04:50:01 TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS TPS .
04:50:05 TBS IS A TEMPORARY LEGAL STATUS FOR IMMIGRANTS GRANTED TO
04:50:06 GROUPS OF ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS FROM COUNTRIES EXPERIENCING
04:50:10 INSTABILITY DUE TO NATURAL OR ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTERS,
04:50:13 POLITICAL UNREST, WARFARE ETC. .
04:50:17 >> THE TPS PROGRAM HAS BEEN IN PLACE SINCE 1990
04:50:20 AND CURRENTLY ENCOMPASSES 16 COUNTRIES EL SALVADOR, HAITI,
04:50:23 HONDURAS. NEPAL.
04:50:27 NICARAGUA. SOMALIA.
04:50:28 SOUTH SUDAN. SUDAN.
04:50:31 SYRIA. YEMEN.
04:50:31 VENEZUELA. UKRAINE.
04:50:32 AFGHANISTAN. ETHIOPE BIA CAMEROON AND BURMA.
04:50:36 IN THE US THERE ARE OVER 1 MILLION TPS HOLDERS MANY OF
04:50:39 WHOM HAVE BEEN HERE FOR 27 YEARS.
04:50:45 THEY HAVE BUILT FAMILIES HAVE U.S. CITIZEN SPOUSES, CHILDREN
04:50:50 AND GRANDCHILDREN. >> THEY ARE OUR NEIGHBORS ARE
04:50:54 FRIENDS, OUR COWORKERS AND OUR FAMILIES.
04:50:58 >> SINCE TAKING OFFICE, THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAS BURIED
04:50:59 OUR COMMUNITIES WITH DAILY DECLARATIONS AND EXECUTIVE
04:51:02 ORDERS ATTEMPTING TO SEPARATE FAMILIES AND REMOVE ALL AVENUES
04:51:06 FOR IMMIGRANTS TO REMAIN IN THIS COUNTRY.
04:51:09 >> CUTTING ESTABLISHED PROGRAMS DENYING DUE PROCESS AND USING
04:51:13 DRACONIAN AND OFTEN ILLEGAL ENFORCEMENT DETENTION
04:51:17 AND DEPORTATION TACTICS IN DEFIANCE OF THE US
04:51:18 CONSTITUTION. >> SINCE JANUARY THE DEPARTMENT
04:51:22 OF HOMELAND SECURITY HAS TERMINATED TPS FROM
04:51:26 AFGHANISTAN, CAMEROON, HAITI, HONDURAS, NICARAGUA AND NEPAL
04:51:30 IMPACTING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF INDIVIDUALS FROM COUNTRIES
04:51:34 WITH VERIFIABLY AND PERSISTENTLY UNSAFE
04:51:37 CONDITIONS. >> AND MORE COUNTRIES ARE
04:51:38 EXPECTED. THE TERMINATION OF TPS AFFECTS
04:51:41 OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES IN SAN FRANCISCO AND THAT IS
04:51:45 WHY OUR CITY HAS FILED AMICUS BRIEFS IN SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFFS
04:51:49 IN SEVERAL LAWSUITS TO PROTECT TPS HOLDERS.
04:51:50 THANKS TO THE EFFORTS OF OUR CITY ATTORNEY DAVID CHU, THIS
04:51:54 RESOLUTION UPHOLDS SAN FRANCISCO'S SUPPORT FOR TPS
04:51:57 HOLDERS, RECOGNIZES THEIR INVALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS TO SAN
04:52:01 FRANCISCO AND CALLS ON OUR CALIFORNIA DELEGATION TO
04:52:04 PROTECT TPS IN CONGRESS AND SEEK A PERMANENT PATHWAY
04:52:08 FOR TPS HOLDERS. I WANT TO THANK EARLY
04:52:09 CO-SPONSORS SUPERVISORS WALTON, MELGAR, CHAN AND CHEN AND TO
04:52:13 CARESS AND SAN FRANCISCO THE LATINO TASK FORCE AND THE
04:52:17 NATIONAL TPS ALLIANCE FOR YOUR WORK TO ADVOCATE FOR OUR
04:52:21 COMMUNITIES. >> THE REST I SUBMIT THANK YOU
04:52:23 SUPERVISOR FIELDER SUPERVISOR MAHMUT THANK YOU COLLEAGUES.
04:52:31 >> TODAY I'M PROUD TO PUT FORWARD A NEW ORDINANCE RELATED
04:52:35 TO BUILDING PERMITS THAT IS PART OF A BROADER EFFORT TO
04:52:39 MODERNIZE OUR BUILDING CODES AND ACCELERATE HOUSING
04:52:40 AND SMALL BUSINESS PROJECTS ACROSS SAN FRANCISCO.
04:52:43 >> OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS WE'VE HEARD FROM HOMEOWNERS,
04:52:47 SMALL BUSINESSES AND DEVELOPERS ALIKE AND IT'S CLEAR OUR
04:52:51 CURRENT PERMIT RULES SLOW DOWN PROGRESS, RAISE COSTS
04:52:55 AND DISCOURAGE PEOPLE FROM MOVING FORWARD ON CRITICAL
04:52:59 PROJECTS. THIS ORDINANCE IS A SIMPLE BUT
04:53:00 POWERFUL STEP TOWARDS BRINGING GREATER CLARITY, ACCOUNTABILITY
04:53:03 AND MOMENTUM TO OUR PERMITTING SYSTEM.
04:53:07 >> MORE SPECIFICALLY, THIS ORDINANCE.
04:53:10 THIS ORDINANCE MODERNIZES SAN FRANCISCO'S BUILDING PERMIT
04:53:11 TIMELINES TO REDUCE ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN, ALIGN
04:53:14 WITH STATE CODE AND MAKE OUR PROCESSES MORE CONSISTENT WITH
04:53:18 OTHER MAJOR JURISDICTIONS. >> UNDER CURRENT LAW, ISSUED
04:53:22 PERMITS EXPIRE AFTER JUST 12 MONTHS FOR SMALLER PROJECTS
04:53:25 AND 48 MONTHS FOR LARGER PROJECTS.
04:53:26 >> REGARDLESS OF HOW MUCH PROGRESS IS BEING MADE, THIS
04:53:30 MEANS THAT IF THERE ARE SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES, UNEXPECTED
04:53:33 OBSTACLES OR OTHER LIMITATIONS ON THE PACE OF A PROJECT,
04:53:37 BUILDERS NEED TO APPLY FOR AN EXTENSION.
04:53:38 >> THIS ADDS UNNECESSARY COSTS TO PROJECTS AND UNNECESSARY
04:53:41 WORK FOR A DEPARTMENT OF BUILDING INSPECTION.
04:53:44 >> THE PERMIT TIMELINES ARE ALSO BASED ON THE ESTIMATED
04:53:48 VALUE OF CONSTRUCTION. A UNIQUELY SAN FRANCISCO
04:53:50 APPROACH THAT ADDS COMPLEXITY AND CONFUSION FOR APPLICANTS
04:53:53 ESPECIALLY THOSE WORKING ACROSS MULTIPLE CITIES.
04:53:56 >> THIS LEGISLATION REPLACES A RIGID VALUATION BASED TIMELINE
04:54:00 WITH A CLEAR CONSISTENT STANDARD ISSUED PERMITS EXPIRE
04:54:06 365 DAYS AFTER ISSUANCE. BUT AS LONG AS THERE ARE
04:54:08 INSPECTIONS OR LOGGED ACTIVITY WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF BUILDING
04:54:12 INSPECTION, THE TIMELINE AUTOMAT LIKELY RESETS.
04:54:15 >> CRUCIALLY, THIS APPROACH ALLOWS BUILDERS TO KEEP
04:54:19 PROJECTS ACTIVE AS LONG AS THEY ARE PROGRESSING EVEN IF
04:54:22 CONSTRUCTION IS SLOW OR INTERMITTENT.
04:54:23 AS IS OFTEN THE CASE FOR SMALLER PROJECTS LIKE KITCHEN
04:54:26 REMODELS OR FOR LARGER MULTI-PHASE HOUSING
04:54:27 DEVELOPMENTS, RENEWAL FEES AND EXTENSION PAPERWORK ARE NO
04:54:31 LONGER REQUIRED UNLESS A PROJECT HAS BEEN COMPLETELY
04:54:35 INACTIVE FOR A FULL YEAR HELPING REDUCE UNNECESSARY
04:54:38 COSTS AND DELAYS BY ALIGNING OUR PERMIT EXPIRATION RULES
04:54:42 WITH THOSE OF THE STATE AND OTHER LARGE CALIFORNIA
04:54:45 CITIES. THIS LEGISLATION SIMPLIFIES THE
04:54:49 PROCESS FOR DEVELOPERS, HOMEOWNERS AND CONTRACTORS
04:54:50 NAVIGATING MULTIPLE JURISDICTIONS.
04:54:54 >> IN SHORT, THIS ORDINANCE HELPS REDUCE ADMINISTRATIVE
04:54:57 BURDEN, LOWERS COSTS AND GIVES CERTAINTY TO THOSE TRYING TO
04:55:00 BUILD IN OUR CITY WHETHER IT'S A HOUSING DEVELOPMENT OR A
04:55:02 TENANT IMPROVEMENT TO A COMMERCIAL SPACE.
04:55:05 I WANT TO THANK HANNAH AT THE DEPARTMENT OF BUILDING
04:55:09 INSPECTION AND PETER LYNCH, OUR DRAFTING ATTORNEY FOR THEIR
04:55:13 TECHNICAL WORK IN HELPING SHAPE THIS ORDINANCE.
04:55:14 >> AND I WANT TO ESPECIALLY THANK SUPERVISOR DORSEY AND HIS
04:55:17 LEGISLATIVE AIDE AND LAND USE SUPERSTAR MADISON TIM AND HIS
04:55:22 OFFICE FOR THEIR EARLY WORK ON THIS LEGISLATION AND PARTNERING
04:55:25 AND CO-SPONSORING AS WELL. >> THIS ORDINANCE WILL HELP US
04:55:29 STREAMLINE PERMITTING, REDUCE BUREAUCRACY AND MAKE OUR CITY
04:55:32 WORK BETTER FOR ALL THOSE TRYING TO BUILD IN IT.
04:55:33 THE REST I SUBMIT. >> THANK YOU.
04:55:36 SUPERVISOR MOMENT SUPERVISOR RANDLEMAN.
04:55:39 >> THANK YOU MADAM CLERK. TODAY I HAVE AN ORDINANCE
04:55:46 AND 17 RESOLUTIONS ALTHOUGH NOT TO WORRY 16 OF THEM ARE REALLY
04:55:47 THE SAME THING ON THE ORDINANCE.
04:55:50 I AM INTRODUCING LEGISLATION TO ESTABLISH AN ARTIST HOUSING
04:55:58 CERTIFICATION PROGRAM. AS YOU MAY BE AWARE A RECENT
04:56:02 $100 MILLION PRIVATE GIFT IS HELPING FUND THE DEVELOPMENT OF
04:56:05 A 1687 MARKET STREET PROJECT WHICH WILL PROVIDE MORE THAN 90
04:56:08 AFFORDABLE APARTMENTS AND CREATIVE SPACES FOR ARTISTS
04:56:09 INCLUDING REHEARSAL SPACES AND A BLACK BOX THEATER.
04:56:12 >> THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS PROJECT IS HIGHLIGHTED THE NEED
04:56:15 FOR A FORMAL PROCESS BY WHICH TO IDENTIFY ARTISTS WHO MAY
04:56:19 QUALIFY FOR THIS OR WHAT WE HOPE WILL BE FUTURE AFFORDABLE
04:56:22 ARTIST HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS. THE ARTIST HOUSING
04:56:24 CERTIFICATION PROGRAM WILL MEET THAT NEED FOR 1687 MARKET
04:56:27 AND OTHER SIMILAR PROJECTS REQUIRING THE ARTS COMMISSION
04:56:30 TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN A REGISTRY OF ARTISTS WHO WOULD
04:56:33 QUALIFY FOR SUCH HOUSING. I WANT TO THANK FORMER MERCY
04:56:37 HOUSING CALIFORNIA PRESIDENT DOUG SHOEMAKER AND RAY MEDIA
04:56:38 AND MERCY FOR PROPOSING LEGISLATION OR IDENTIFYING THE
04:56:43 NEED FOR IT. I WANT TO THANK DIRECTOR DAN
04:56:46 ADAMS AND SHEILA NICHOLAS ELLIS FROM MO FOR HELPING THINK IT
04:56:50 THROUGH. I WANT TO THANK DIRECTOR RALPH
04:56:54 REMINGTON ON THE LIST OF ENTRY FROM THE ARTS COMMISSION AS
04:56:58 WELL. AND THEN THE LAWYERS HAVE BEEN
04:56:59 VERY HELPFUL WITH THIS AND SO THANKS TO DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEYS
04:57:02 LAUREN CURRY AND KEITH NAGY. AND I WANT TO THANK CALVIN
04:57:09 IN MY OFFICE AS WELL. >> 16 OF THE 17 RESOLUTIONS
04:57:15 THAT I AM INTRODUCING ARE RELATE TO THE INITIATION OF
04:57:19 LANDMARK DESIGNATION FOR 16 BUILDINGS ACROSS DISTRICT
04:57:23 EIGHT. THE PACKAGE REPRESENTS A FIRST
04:57:26 STEP TOWARD A MORE COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AT THE BUILT
04:57:27 ENVIRONMENT IN DISTRICT EIGHT. WE KNOW THAT SAN FRANCISCO HAS
04:57:31 RELATIVELY FEW LOCAL LANDMARKS AS WE MOVE AS WE REMOVE
04:57:34 CONSTRAINTS ON HOUSING AND UP SO NEIGHBORHOODS TO ALLOW MORE
04:57:37 DENSITY. WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT WHAT'S
04:57:38 LEFT STANDING STILL TELLS THE STORY OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN.
04:57:41 I WANT TO THANK RICH SUE ALEX WESTHOFF AND P P LA LA LA
04:57:45 VALLEE FROM PLANNING I WANT TO THANK S.F. HERITAGE
04:57:49 AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING THE MISSION DELORES
04:57:50 NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. AND I WANT TO THANK CALVIN
04:57:54 AND MATTHEW AND MELANIE MATTHEW MATTHEW AND IN MY OFFICE ALL OF
04:57:57 THEM FOR THEIR WORK ON THIS. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO
04:58:01 CONTINUING TO WORK TOGETHER. AND FINALLY THE 17TH RESOLUTION
04:58:04 IS ONE TO ADD THE COMMEMORATIVE STREET NAME JIM MARSHALL WAY TO
04:58:08 THE SIGNAGE FOR THE BLOCK OF 16TH STREET BETWEEN ZOE
04:58:11 AND CASTRO. JIM MARSHALL WAS BORN
04:58:12 IN CHICAGO IN 1936 AND HIS FAMILY MOVED TO SAN FRANCISCO
04:58:17 WHEN HE WAS TWO YEARS OLD. HE BEGAN PHOTOGRAPHING
04:58:21 MUSICIANS AND ARTISTS WHILE ATTENDING LOWELL HIGH SCHOOL
04:58:22 BUT IT WASN'T UNTIL THE 1960S THAT HE BEGAN TO RISE IN FAME.
04:58:28 DURING THE 60S HE DOCUMENTED SAN FRANCISCO'S COUNTERCULTURE
04:58:31 MOVEMENT FROM ITS BEAT GENERATION ROOTS IN NORTH BEACH
04:58:33 TO THE CULMINATION OF THE SUMMER OF LOVE
04:58:36 AND HAIGHT-ASHBURY. HE BEFRIENDED SAN FRANCISCO
04:58:37 BANDS INCLUDING THE GRATEFUL DEAD JEFFERSON AIRPLANE,
04:58:40 QUICKSILVER MESSENGER SERVICE, THE CHART, THE CHARLATANS, BIG
04:58:44 BROTHER AND THE HOLDING COMPANY WITH JANIS JOPLIN AND HIS
04:58:47 PHOTOGRAPHS OF THESE BANDS HELPED PUSH THEM INTO THE
04:58:51 MAINSTREAM CONSCIOUSNESS AND MARKED SAN FRANCISCO AS THE
04:58:52 EPICENTER OF THE COUNTERCULTURE MOVEMENT.
04:58:55 JIM MARSHALL'S PHOTOGRAPHY HAS BEEN ON MORE THAN 500 ALBUM
04:58:58 COVERS AND IN ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE IN 2017 HE WAS THE
04:59:01 FIRST PHOTOGRAPHER TO BE AWARDED A GRAMMY FOR HIS
04:59:02 CONTRIBUTION TO CHRONICLING MUSIC HISTORY.
04:59:05 HE WAS THE ONLY PHOTOGRAPHER ALLOWED BACKSTAGE AT THE
04:59:08 BEATLES LAST CONCERT AT CANDLESTICK PARK IN 1966
04:59:11 CAPTURED JIMI HENDRIX BURNING HIS GUITAR AT THE MONTEREY POP
04:59:16 FESTIVAL, SHOT JOHNNY CASH PERFORMING AT SAN QUENTIN STATE
04:59:19 PRISON IN DOC STATE PRISON AND DOCUMENTED MILES DAVIS
04:59:23 BOXING AT NEWMAN'S GYM IN THE TENDERLOIN.
04:59:24 TODAY HIS WORK IS CELEBRATED WORLDWIDE AND TOURING EXHIBITS
04:59:27 OF HIS PHOTOGRAPHS BRING IN NEW FANS AND COLLECTORS IN THE U.S.
04:59:31 AND EUROPE. IT SEEMS ESPECIALLY FITTING TO
04:59:34 BE RECOGNIZING JIM MARSHALL AS WE ENTER A DEAD SUMMER AS HE
04:59:35 CAPTURED THOUSANDS OF GRATEFUL DEAD PHOTOS AND HIS CHRONICLING
04:59:39 OF THE BAND BETWEEN 1966 AND 1977 WAS RECENTLY PUBLISHED
04:59:45 IN GRATEFUL DEAD BY JIM MARSHALL.
04:59:46 I WANT TO THANK MARSHALL'S LONGTIME FRIEND AND ASSISTANT
04:59:49 EMIL DAVIS AND HIS NEIGHBOR JUSTIN NICHOLSON WHO'VE BEEN
04:59:53 CAMPAIGNING FOR THIS COMMEMORATIVE STREET RENAMING
04:59:54 FOR THE LAST YEAR. THEY'VE GATHERED SUPPORT FROM
04:59:57 DOZENS OF NEIGHBORS ON THE BLOCK AS WELL AS THE DUBOSE
05:00:00 TRIANGLE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
05:00:01 I ALSO WANT TO THANK MY LEGISLATIVE AIDE ON HOTH FOR
05:00:04 HIS WORK ON THIS PROJECT AND THE REST I SUBMIT.
05:00:08 THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. YOUR USE OF THE WORD EPICENTER
05:00:11 AT THIS TIME SINCE THOSE 2.0 EARTHQUAKES.
05:00:16 >> OH DEAR. OOPS.
05:00:18 >> NOT LOST ON ME. ALL RIGHT.
05:00:19 THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR MELGAR.
05:00:22 >> THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. COLLEAGUES TODAY I AM
05:00:26 INTRODUCING THE SAN FRANCISCO STREET SAFETY ACT A
05:00:30 COMPREHENSIVE INTER-AGENCY LEGISLATION TO ADDRESS ONE OF
05:00:34 THE MOST URGENT AND PREVENTABLE PUBLIC HEALTH CRISES IN OUR
05:00:38 CITY WHICH IS TRAFFIC VIOLENCE. >> EVERY YEAR TRAFFIC CRASHES
05:00:42 KILL OR SERIOUSLY INJURED DOZENS OF SAN FRANCISCANS
05:00:45 PARTICULARLY CHILDREN. ELDERS, PEDESTRIANS AND LOW
05:00:49 INCOME PEOPLE. DESPITE OUR LONG STANDING
05:00:52 COMMITMENT TO VISION ZERO, THE RATE OF TRAFFIC FATALITIES
05:00:53 IN SAN FRANCISCO HAS REMAINED LARGELY UNCHANGED.
05:00:59 WE CANNOT AFFORD TO KEEP DOING THE SAME THING AND EXPECTING
05:01:01 DIFFERENT RESULTS. ACCORDING TO A 2025 REPORT THAT
05:01:05 I COMMISSIONED FROM OUR BUDGET AND LEGISLATIVE ANALYST TRAFFIC
05:01:09 RELATED DEATHS AND INJURIES COST THE FRANCISCANS NEARLY
05:01:14 $500 MILLION EVERY YEAR. NOT TO MENTION THE IMMEASURABLE
05:01:19 PAIN AND LOSS EXPERIENCED BY FAMILIES IN VICTIMS.
05:01:22 WE NOW HAVE A DECADE OF DATA SHOWING WHAT WE'RE THAT WHEN WE
05:01:27 REDESIGN STREETS CRASHES DROP. BUT TOO OFTEN IMPLEMENTATION IS
05:01:32 TOO SLOW TO REACT OR SILOED ACROSS AGENCIES.
05:01:35 >> THIS RESOLUTION IS A CALL TO ACTION AND A ACCOUNT AND A CALL
05:01:40 FOR ACCOUNTABILITY. IT DIRECTS DEPARTMENTS THE SFO
05:01:43 TO THE SAN FRANCISCO POLICE DEPARTMENT, DEPARTMENT OF
05:01:48 PUBLIC HEALTH, PUBLIC WORKS, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE
05:01:51 SCHOOL DISTRICT TO TAKE CLEAR MEASURABLE STEPS TO MAKE OUR
05:01:55 STREETS SAFER. BASED ON DATA BASED ON WHAT WE
05:01:59 KNOW, BASED ON WHAT WE HAVE SEEN.
05:02:02 THAT INCLUDES EXPANDING DAYLIGHTING.
05:02:03 DEPLOYING RED LIGHTS AND SPEED CAMERAS WITHIN STATE LIMITS.
05:02:07 INTEGRATING STREET SAFETY INTO REPAVING PROJECTS AS WE SHOULD
05:02:11 BE DOING ALREADY. AND PUBLISHING A CITYWIDE
05:02:14 DASHBOARD SO THAT THE PUBLIC CAN TRACK PROGRESS.
05:02:17 WE KNOW THAT SPEEDING IS THE LEADING CAUSE OF FATAL CRASHES
05:02:22 IN SAN FRANCISCO AND WE KNOW THAT RESIDENTS IN LOW INCOME
05:02:23 NEIGHBORHOODS AND PARTICULARLY IN COMMUNITIES OF COLOR ARE
05:02:27 DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED BY UNSAFE CONDITIONS.
05:02:31 THIS RESOLUTION CENTERS VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES AND USES
05:02:35 DATA DRIVEN APPROACH TO TARGET THE MOST DANGEROUS STREETS WITH
05:02:39 A FOCUS ON CHILDREN. SENIORS AND PEOPLE WITH
05:02:42 DISABILITIES. THE SAN FRANCISCO STREET SAFETY
05:02:45 ACT IS NOT JUST A POLICY SOLUTION IT'S ALSO A
05:02:47 RECOMMITMENT TO MAKING SAFETY THE DEFAULT NOT THE EXCEPTION.
05:02:53 AND CALLS FOR ACCOUNTABILITY REGULAR REPORTING IN FRONT OF
05:02:57 US. AND IT WILL MAKE SURE THAT
05:03:01 PEOPLE DO WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING.
05:03:02 I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO JOIN ME IN SUPPORTING THIS EFFORT
05:03:06 BECAUSE NO ONE SHOULD FEAR FOR THEIR LIFE SIMPLY CROSSING THE
05:03:09 STREET IN OUR CITY. >> AND THE REST, MADAM CLERK.
05:03:12 I SUBMIT. THANK YOU SUPERVISOR MELGAR.
05:03:15 >> SUPERVISOR SAUTER. THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.
05:03:18 COLLEAGUES TODAY I HAVE TWO ITEMS TO INTRODUCE.
05:03:20 FIRST, I AM SUBMITTING A LETTER OF INQUIRY TO THE SAN FRANCISCO
05:03:23 POLICE DEPARTMENT TO EXAMINE THEIR APPROACH TO RECRUITING
05:03:27 AND TRAINING NEW OFFICERS. IT IS MY HOPE THAT WE CAN
05:03:30 IDENTIFY WAYS TO SUCCESSFULLY ACCELERATE THE PACE OF HIRING,
05:03:33 TRAINING AND PLACING OFFICERS SO THAT THEY CAN BE READY TO
05:03:35 SERVE OUR COMMUNITIES. I WANT TO START BY
05:03:37 ACKNOWLEDGING THAT I BELIEVE REAL PROGRESS IS BEING MADE
05:03:41 THROUGH MAYOR LURIE REBUILDING THE RANKS AN INITIATIVE WHICH I
05:03:44 WAS AN EARLY SUPPORTER OF. IN ONE SAMPLE OF THAT EARLY
05:03:46 SUCCESS FROM JANUARY TO JUNE 2025, S.F. PD HAS RECEIVED 2155
05:03:54 APPLICATIONS WHICH IS A 64% INCREASE FROM 1311 1311 DURING
05:03:59 THE SAME PERIOD IN 2024. BUT WITH A STAFFING SHORTAGE OF
05:04:03 WELL OVER 500 OFFICERS, WE NEED TO KEEP PUSHING FOR MORE
05:04:05 IMPROVEMENTS AT EVERY STEP OF THE PROCESS.
05:04:09 SO SPECIFICALLY I AM ASKING FOR MORE INFORMATION ON OUR
05:04:12 APPROACH TO LATERAL RECRUITMENT WHICH IS A PATHWAY THAT SEEMS
05:04:13 PROMISING BUT MAY BE HELD BACK BY LOW PAY BONUSES COMPARED TO
05:04:17 OTHER BAY AREA CITIES. I'M ALSO INTERESTED IN LEARNING
05:04:20 ABOUT A POSSIBLE PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR LOCAL UNIVERSITIES
05:04:24 SIMILAR TO THE LAW ENFORCEMENT CANDIDATE SCHOLARS PROGRAM AT
05:04:27 SACRAMENTO STATE UNIVERSITY WHICH IS A PROGRAM THAT
05:04:31 PREPARES UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS FOR A CAREER IN LAW ENFORCEMENT
05:04:35 . MY LETTER OF INQUIRY ALSO ASKS
05:04:36 A SERIES OF QUESTIONS RELATED TO HOW WE CAN BETTER RECRUIT
05:04:39 AND RETAIN FRONTLINE PERSONNEL WHO ARE BILINGUAL AND CAN SERVE
05:04:43 OUR DIVERSE COMMUNITIES. I BELIEVE WE MUST COMMIT TO
05:04:47 IMPROVING THIS SKILL SET ACROSS EVERY DEPARTMENT ESPECIALLY OUR
05:04:50 FRONTLINE PUBLIC SAFETY AGENCIES.
05:04:53 I ALSO HAVE A HEARING REQUEST TO INTRODUCE TODAY JUST A FEW
05:04:57 WEEKS AGO I SAT IN THESE SAME CHAMBERS WITH SUPERVISOR WALTON
05:05:01 FIELDER AND CHERYL FOR A HEARING ON THE IMPLOSION OF THE
05:05:02 SAN FRANCISCO PARKS ALLIANCE. >> WHAT WE LEARNED SHOULD BE OF
05:05:06 GREAT CONCERN. A COMPLETE MISMANAGEMENT OF
05:05:09 MONEY, A TOTAL LACK OF RESPONSIBILITY AND AT LEAST
05:05:16 $5.8 MILLION MISSING THAT BELONGS TO COMMUNITY GROUPS.
05:05:19 TO BE VERY CLEAR, I BELIEVE THESE ISSUES LAY SQUARELY AT
05:05:23 THE FAULT OF THE PARKS ALLIANCE AND LIKELY A FEW INDIVIDUALS
05:05:24 IN LEADERSHIP. BUT IT DOES BRING TO MIND THE
05:05:28 BROADER QUESTION OF HOW OUR CITY ENGAGES WITH PARTNERS
05:05:31 IN NONPROFITS. AND IF THERE IS ANY MECHANISM
05:05:34 THAT WE COULD HAVE USED TO SPOT WARNING SIGNS EARLIER FOR THIS
05:05:38 EXACT PURPOSE, OUR CITY'S COMPTROLLER OFFICE OVERSEES A
05:05:42 NONPROFIT MONITORING AND CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAM.
05:05:45 THIS PROGRAM IS LONG STANDING HAVING BEGUN IN 2005.
05:05:48 SINCE THEN A 2024 ORDINANCE CHAMPIONED BY NOW
05:05:51 ASSEMBLYMEMBER STEFANI ADDED A NEW ADDED NEW LEGISLATIVE
05:05:55 REQUIREMENTS AND REPORTING STANDARDS TO THIS PROGRAM.
05:05:58 OVER 700 NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS ARE CONTRACTED TO
05:06:02 WORK WITH THE SAN FRANCISCO GOVERNMENT AND THESE
05:06:03 ORGANIZATIONS DELIVER MORE THAN $1.5 BILLION IN SERVICES EACH
05:06:07 YEAR. WHILE 69% OF THE CITY'S
05:06:10 CONTRACTORS ENDED THE MOST RECENT OVERSIGHT CYCLE WITH
05:06:14 FULL COMPLIANCE, THE OTHER 31% FACE CHALLENGES WITH PRODUCING
05:06:17 AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND AGENCY WIDE BUDGETS.
05:06:20 SO IN OUR HEARING WE INTEND TO ASK FOR UPDATES ON THE MOST
05:06:25 RECENT OVERSIGHT AND REPORTING REQUIREMENT CHANGES FROM THE
05:06:28 2024 UPDATE AND DIG INTO WAYS THAT WE CAN BETTER WORK WITH
05:06:32 NONPROFIT PARTNERS TO DELIVER EFFECTIVE SERVICES WHILE
05:06:35 MINIMIZING WASTE AND FISCAL MISMANAGEMENT AND THE REST OF
05:06:39 IT. >> THANK YOU SUPERVISOR SAUTER
05:06:42 SUPERVISOR SHERYL. SUBMIT THANK YOU.
05:06:43 SUPERVISOR WALTON. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM
05:06:46 CHAIR. COLLEAGUES TODAY I'M
05:06:50 INTRODUCING AN ORDINANCE FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO FIRE
05:06:53 DEPARTMENT TO CONSTRUCT A NEW TRAINING FACILITY FOR THE
05:06:57 DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES AT 1236 CARROLL.
05:07:01 THIS FACILITY WILL CONSOLIDATE AND REPLACE THE CURRENT
05:07:02 TRAINING FACILITIES ON TREASURE ISLAND AND IN THE MISSION
05:07:06 DISTRICT IN ORDER TO BUILD THE FACILITY.
05:07:09 SEVERAL UNACCEPTABLE STREETS NEED TO BE VACATED.
05:07:13 PUBLIC WORKS HAS PERFORMED THE NECESSARY STEPS FOR A STREET
05:07:17 VACATION. THERE ARE PUBLIC UTILITIES
05:07:18 COMMISSION AND PGE ANY UTILITIES IN THE VACATION AREA
05:07:22 AND THEIR RESPECTIVE ACCESS TO THOSE FACILITIES IS
05:07:25 INCORPORATED INTO THE LEGISLATION OF ATTACHED TO THE
05:07:29 PROJECT SITE LAYOUT. >> FOR REFERENCE TODAY'S
05:07:32 LEGISLATION INCLUDES A RESOLUTION OF INTENT ALONG WITH
05:07:36 THE ORDINANCE FOR STREET VACATION AND THE ORDINANCE FOR
05:07:40 THE PLANNING CODE UPDATE. THIS PROJECT IS FUNDED BY THE
05:07:44 VOTER APPROVED EARTHQUAKE SAFETY AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE
05:07:48 ALSO KNOWN AS THE EASTER BOND MEASURE FROM 2020.
05:07:50 PUBLIC WORKS HAS MET WITH SEVERAL NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS TO
05:07:54 PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROJECT AND TO SOLICIT INPUT
05:07:57 INCLUDING THE BABY HUNTERS POINT CITIZENS ADVISORY
05:08:01 COMMITTEE. BELLEVUE HILL NEIGHBORHOOD
05:08:02 ASSOCIATION TRUE HOPE CHURCH AND ALICE GRIFFITH TENANTS
05:08:06 ASSOCIATION COUNCIL. I WANT TO THANK IAN SNYDER FROM
05:08:10 PUBLIC WORKS AND DCA CHRIS TOM FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER
05:08:16 AND THANK YOU TO THE SAN FRANCISCO FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR
05:08:18 BRINGING THIS FACILITY AND THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT COME WITH IT
05:08:23 TO DISTRICT TEN. >> I'M ALSO INTRODUCING AN
05:08:24 AMENDMENT TO THE LEASE WITH THE YMCA FOR BUILDING 49 AT CRANE
05:08:30 COVE PARK WITH THE PORT TO HELP COVER UNEXPECTED COSTS FROM
05:08:34 CRITICAL STRUCTURAL REPAIRS. THIS AMENDMENT PROVIDES
05:08:40 $150,000 IN ADDITIONAL RENT CREDITS AND PROTECTS $6,000
05:08:44 IN CREDITS FOR MAINTAINING PUBLIC RESTROOMS.
05:08:47 THE NEW DOGPATCH YMCA OFFICIALLY OPENED THEIR DOORS
05:08:49 THIS YEAR AND IS ALREADY DELIVERING ON ITS PROMISE TO
05:08:53 SERVE THE COMMUNITY. THIS SMALL BUT IMPORTANT
05:08:56 ADJUSTMENT HELPS ENSURE THE PROJECT STAYS FINALLY
05:09:00 FINANCIALLY SUSTAINABLE WHILE CONTINUING TO PROVIDE PUBLIC
05:09:04 BENEFITS. >> AND LAST I HAVE A RESOLUTION
05:09:07 TO RECOGNIZE AUGUST 20TH, 25 AS BLACK BUSINESS MONTH HERE
05:09:11 IN SAN FRANCISCO. >> HONORING THE 22ND ANNUAL
05:09:15 NATIONAL BLACK BUSINESS MONTH FOUNDED BY SAN FRANCISCAN
05:09:19 FREDERICK E JORDAN SENIOR AND HISTORIAN JOHN WILLIAMS
05:09:22 TEMPLETON THIS MONTH UPLIFTS THE LEGACY AND IMPACT OF BLACK
05:09:29 ENTREPRENEURS BOTH PAST AND PRESENT.
05:09:33 IT HONORS PIONEERS LIKE CAPTAIN WILLIAM ALEXANDER LASTER OFF A
05:09:37 BLACK MARINA AND ONE OF SAN FRANCISCO'S FIRST MAJOR
05:09:40 ENTREPRENEURS WHO HELPED SHAPE THE CITY'S EARLY ECONOMY
05:09:44 AND SERVED AS ITS FIRST TREASURER IN THE 1840S.
05:09:48 FROM TRAILBLAZERS LIKE HIM TO TODAY'S THRIVING BLACK
05:09:52 BUSINESSES ALONG THE THIRD STREET CORRIDOR AND DISTRICT
05:09:55 TEN SUCH AS GUMBO SOCIAL YVONNE SWEETS PUMPKINS ONE STOP BEAUTY
05:10:01 SHOP SMOKE SOUL KITCHEN AND MORE.
05:10:04 BLACK OWNED BUSINESSES ARE ESSENTIAL TO SAN FRANCISCO'S
05:10:05 CULTURE AND ECONOMIC LIFE. THIS RESOLUTION CALLS ON THE
05:10:09 CITY TO DEEPEN ITS INVESTMENT IN EQUITABLE ECONOMIC
05:10:13 DEVELOPMENT AND UPLIFT BLACK BUSINESSES YEAR ROUND.
05:10:19 I'D LIKE TO GIVE A SPECIAL THANK TO SPECIAL THANK YOU TO
05:10:21 OUR SUMMER INTERN EZRA MERCER, A RECENT HOWARD GRADUATE FOR
05:10:27 WORKING ALONGSIDE MY CHIEF OF STAFF NOW LED ON THIS
05:10:29 RESOLUTION. I ALSO WANT TO SHOUT OUT OUR
05:10:32 TWO INCREDIBLE YEAR ROUND INTERNS DAMIAN ROCHELLE, A
05:10:36 SENIOR AT SAN FRANCISCO STATE WHO'S BEEN WITH US SINCE
05:10:40 JANUARY AND CARL LEVI, A RECENT UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO
05:10:43 GRADUATE WHO ALSO JOINED US IN JANUARY.
05:10:44 WE'RE SO GRATEFUL FOR THEIR DEDICATION AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO
05:10:50 THE DISTRICT TEN DREAM TEAM THIS YEAR.
05:10:51 THE REST I SUBMIT. THANK YOU.
05:10:54 SUPERVISOR WALTON. SUPERVISOR CHIN CHAN SUBMITS.
05:10:58 THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR CHEN SUBMIT.
05:11:02 >> THANK YOU. AND SUPERVISOR DORSEY.
05:11:03 THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. COLLEAGUES, LET'S SAY SORRY
05:11:09 ABOUT THIS, OKAY? >> I HAVE A BLUE REQUEST AND IN
05:11:14 MEMORIAM FIRST TIME TODAY SUBMITTING A REQUEST TO OUR
05:11:20 BUDGET AND LEGISLATIVE ANALYST'S OFFICE TO ESTIMATE
05:11:24 THE COST TO SAN FRANCISCO TAXPAYERS FOR PROVISIONS OF OUR
05:11:25 EQUAL BENEFITS ORDINANCE WHICH MANDATES DOMESTIC PARTNER
05:11:28 BENEFITS THAT WERE ONCE BUT NO LONGER THE ONLY CHANCE GAY
05:11:32 AND LESBIAN COUPLES HAD FOR EQUAL EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS.
05:11:36 TODAY SAME SEX MARRIAGE IS THE LAW OF THE LAND, OF COURSE,
05:11:40 AND IT HAS BEEN FOR THE LAST DECADE.
05:11:41 YET SAN FRANCISCO STILL PROHIBITS WHAT IS NOW A GROWING
05:11:44 MAJORITY OF BUSINESSES FROM EVEN COMPETING FOR ANY OF OUR
05:11:48 $5.8 BILLION IN TAXPAYER FUNDED CONTRACTS FOR GOODS
05:11:52 AND SERVICES ANNUALLY. THE REASON IS THAT THEY DON'T
05:11:55 PROVIDE ADEQUATE DOMESTIC PARTNER BENEFITS.
05:11:56 MY REQUEST TODAY POSES THREE QUESTIONS FOR THE BLR TO
05:12:00 RESEARCH. FIRST, WHAT IS THE MOST
05:12:02 RELIABLE ESTIMATE OF THE PERCENTAGE OF ALL U.S.
05:12:06 BUSINESSES THAT STILL OFFER THEIR EMPLOYEES DOMESTIC
05:12:07 PARTNERSHIP BENEFITS EQUAL TO THOSE THEY PROVIDE TO MARRIED
05:12:10 COUPLES? SINCE SAME SEX MARRIAGE RIGHTS
05:12:13 WERE FIRST SECURED NATIONWIDE BY THE U.S. SUPREME COURT'S
05:12:17 DECISION IN OBERGEFELL VERSUS HODGES IN 2015.
05:12:20 TWO. ASSUMING THE ACCURACY OF DATA'S
05:12:22 DATA, MY OFFICE IDENTIFIED SHOWING THAT NO MORE THAN 45%
05:12:26 OF LARGE BUSINESSES NATIONWIDE TODAY EVEN OFFER DOMESTIC
05:12:30 PARTNER BENEFITS WITH NO ESTIMATES FOR SMALL OR MEDIUM
05:12:33 SIZED BENEFITS FOR BUSINESSES. WHAT COST SAVINGS MIGHT SAN
05:12:37 FRANCISCO REASONABLY EXPECT WERE WE TO OPEN COMPETITIVE
05:12:41 BIDDING FOR CITY CONTRACTS TO 100% OF BUSINESSES RATHER THAN
05:12:45 JUST 45%? AND THREE WHAT ARE THE ACTUAL
05:12:46 DIRECT COSTS TO SAN FRANCISCO TAXPAYERS FOR ENFORCEMENT
05:12:50 AND COMPLIANCE OF EQUAL BENEFITS PROVISIONS BY THE
05:12:54 OFFICE OF CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION CITY ATTORNEY'S
05:12:57 OFFICE AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS? I'M ASKING THAT THIS INCLUDE AN
05:12:59 ACCOUNTING FOR COSTS TO PROCESS WAIVERS AND FROM THESE
05:13:02 REQUIREMENTS AS WELL. NOW THERE ADMITTEDLY WAS A TIME
05:13:06 BEFORE SAME SEX MARRIAGE RIGHTS WERE SECURED NATIONWIDE WHEN
05:13:10 SUCH A BIDDING PROHIBITION MADE SENSE.
05:13:14 FOR YEARS DOMESTIC PARTNERSHIPS REFLECTED THE HOLY WORTHWHILE
05:13:17 PRINCIPLE OF LGBTQ PLUS EQUALITY AND THAT PRINCIPLE WAS
05:13:21 WORTH THE ADDED EXPENSE BORNE BY TAXPAYERS IN SAN FRANCISCO.
05:13:25 TODAY'S EQUAL BENEFITS ORDINANCE, HOWEVER, IS NO
05:13:27 LONGER AN LGBTQ PLUS ISSUE THAT IS INARGUABLE.
05:13:30 AND IT HASN'T BEEN AN LGBTQ PLUS ISSUE SINCE 2015.
05:13:34 BY MAKING COMPETITIVE BIDDING MORE COMPETITIVE SAN FRANCISCO
05:13:37 CAN DERIVE GREATER VALUE FOR THE GOODS AND SERVICES WE
05:13:42 PURCHASE WITH OUR TAXPAYERS DOLLARS.
05:13:45 >> IT CERTAINLY SEEMS PLAUSIBLE THAT EXPANDING OUR BIDDING
05:13:49 ELIGIBILITY FROM FEWER THAN 45% OF BUSINESSES TO FULLY 100% OF
05:13:54 BUSINESSES WOULD ACHIEVE SOME MEASURE OF SAVINGS FOR THE MORE
05:13:58 ROBUST COMPETITION. GIVEN PUBLISHED RESEARCH
05:13:59 SHOWING THAT SAN FRANCISCO'S ANNUAL EXPENDITURE FOR GOODS
05:14:02 AND SERVICES CONTRACTS TOTALS $5.8 BILLION, EVEN A MARGINAL
05:14:05 SAVINGS OF JUST 5% WOULD NET US $290 MILLION.
05:14:11 AND FOR CONTEXT THAT IS MORE THAN THE ENTIRE BUDGET OF THE
05:14:15 RECREATION AND PARK DEPARTMENT. BEFORE WE PUT PEN TO PAPER ON
05:14:18 LEGISLATION OBVIOUSLY LET'S DO LET IT BE THOUGHTFUL ABOUT THIS
05:14:23 LET'S ALLOW THE BLR TO DO ITS WORK.
05:14:24 LET'S SEE WHAT KIND OF COST SAVINGS THEY ESTIMATE AND THEN
05:14:27 LET'S LEGISLATE RESPONSIBLY AND PRUDENTLY.
05:14:31 WE OWE SAN FRANCISCO TAXPAYERS NOTHING LESS.
05:14:35 >> AND NEXT. COLLEAGUES I ASK THAT WE
05:14:38 ADJOURN TODAY'S MEETING IN REMEMBRANCE OF SCOTT GARVEY
05:14:41 ,A DEEPLY COMPASSIONATE, CREATIVE AND LOVING SOUL WHOSE
05:14:43 TRAGIC RECENT DEATH HAS LEFT HIS FAMILY AND MANY OTHERS
05:14:46 REELING INCLUDING FRIENDS AND LOVED ONES HERE IN SAN
05:14:50 FRANCISCO. I GREW UP AS A CLOSE FRIEND OF
05:14:53 THE GARVEY'S AND I KNOW I'VE KNOWN THEM WELL MOST OF MY LIFE
05:14:57 . SCOTT ATTENDED ST MARY'S
05:14:57 CATHOLIC SCHOOL IN WESTFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS WITH HIS OLDER
05:15:01 BROTHER AND ME AND IT WAS PERHAPS THERE THAT SCOTT
05:15:04 DEVELOPED HIS COMMITMENT TO SOCIAL JUSTICE WHICH IN HIS
05:15:06 LIFE WOULD BECOME HIS MOST ADMIRED TRAIT.
05:15:09 SCOTT WAS A POET, A MUSICIAN AND ABOVE ALL A GIVER SOMEONE
05:15:13 WHO CARRIED THE BURDEN OF AN OUTSIZED HEART IN A WORLD THAT
05:15:16 TOO OFTEN SHUNS THOSE WHO STRUGGLE.
05:15:17 ALTHOUGH HE FACED MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES MOST OF HIS ADULT
05:15:20 LIFE HAVING BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA AND BIPOLAR
05:15:24 DISORDER, SCOTT'S GENEROUS SPIRIT AND HIS GOOD HEART WERE
05:15:27 UNDIMINISHED. HE FOUND PURPOSE IN OFFERING
05:15:29 COMFORT AND CARE TO OTHERS IN NEED AND HE WOULD OFTEN USE
05:15:32 WHATEVER DISCRETIONARY FUNDS HE HAD FROM HIS LIMITED DISABILITY
05:15:35 INCOME TO HELP OTHERS TO BUY CLEAN SOCKS OR WARM GLOVES OR
05:15:39 MEALS TO SHARE WITH UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS.
05:15:43 FOR SCOTT IT WASN'T PERFORMATIVE.
05:15:45 IT WAS WHO HE WAS. HIS IMPULSE TO HELP AND TO GIVE
05:15:47 BACK JUST CAME NATURALLY TO HIM.
05:15:48 THE FAMILY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS. SCOTT'S EMPATHY WAS RADIANT.
05:15:52 FRIENDS DESCRIBED HIM AS SOFT SPOKEN AND POETIC SOMEONE WHO
05:15:55 LISTENED MORE THAN HE SPOKE AND WHO HAD THE RARE GIFT OF
05:15:57 MAKING OTHERS FEEL TRULY SEEN. HIS ART ESPECIALLY HIS POETRY
05:16:00 AND HIS DRUMMING WAS AN EXTENSION OF HIS EMOTIONAL
05:16:04 GENEROSITY. LIKE MANY ARTISTS, HE COULD
05:16:07 FIND MEANING IN PAIN AND CREATE BEAUTY OUT OF STRUGGLE.
05:16:10 SAN FRANCISCO HELD A VERY SPECIAL PLACE IN SCOTT'S HEART
05:16:12 FOR A TIME. MANY YEARS AGO HE LIVED IN OUR
05:16:15 CITY'S STORIED HAIGHT-ASHBURY NEIGHBORHOOD WHICH WAS
05:16:19 ESPECIALLY MEANINGFUL TO HIM AS A TALENTED MUSICIAN HIMSELF.
05:16:22 WHEN HE MOVED TO VERMONT EARLIER THIS YEAR ALONG WITH
05:16:24 HIS MOTHER JUDY OR MAMA J AS SHE'S AFFECTIONATELY
05:16:27 AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN, HE WANTED TO BE CLOSER TO HIS SISTER
05:16:31 KARA. IT WAS WITH THE HOPE OF
05:16:33 ACCESSING BETTER CARE IN THE REGION HE GREW UP THAT HE COULD
05:16:35 CONTINUE TO CONTINUE ON HIS PATH OF HEALING.
05:16:38 SADLY HE SCARCELY HAD THE CHANCE.
05:16:41 EARLIER THIS MONTH IN THE MIDST OF A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS,
05:16:45 SCOTT LOST HIS LIFE WHEN HE WAS SHOT IN AN ENCOUNTER WITH A
05:16:47 VERMONT STATE POLICE TROOPER. UNARMED AT THE TIME.
05:16:50 HIS FAMILY IS NOW LEFT TO GRAPPLE WITH UNIMAGINABLE GRIEF
05:16:55 . THEY ARE BOTH HAUNTED BY
05:16:56 KNOWLEDGE OF COMPASSION AND GRACE.
05:16:57 SCOTT WASN'T EXTENDED IN HIS LAST MOMENTS WHEN HE NEEDED IT
05:17:01 MOST. THERE ALSO HUMBLED BY THE LOVE
05:17:04 AND KINDNESS OF FRIENDS AND FAMILY MEMBERS EVEN
05:17:08 NEIGHBORS AND STRANGERS IN THE COMMUNITY IN PUTNEY, VERMONT
05:17:11 WHO HAVE BEEN MOVED TO HELP THE GARVEY FAMILY AND TO HEAL.
05:17:15 IN REMEMBERING SCOTT TODAY, HIS FAMILY ASKS THAT WE DO NOT
05:17:16 SOLELY MOURN BUT ALSO TAKE IT AS A CALL TO CONSCIENCE
05:17:20 AND THAT WE CARRY SCOTT'S SPIRIT OF SOCIAL JUSTICE
05:17:23 AND HOW WE LEAD IN THE POLICIES WE PASSED AND HOW WE CARE FOR
05:17:27 OUR OWN MOST VULNERABLE AND HOW WE ENCOUNTER THOSE
05:17:30 IN BEHAVIORAL CRISES AND IN THE HOPES WE HOLD FOR A BETTER
05:17:32 WORLD. REST IN PEACE SCOTT.
05:17:34 MAY MEMORY BE A BLESSING AND A REMINDER OF WHAT WE NEED TO
05:17:39 CHANGE AND THE REST I SUBMIT. >> THANK YOU SUPERVISOR DORSEY
05:17:45 . MEMBERS WE RECEIVED
05:17:46 APPROXIMATELY 55 ITEMS FOR THE ALLY THIS WEEK.
05:17:49 ALL OF THE ITEMS YOU'VE INTRODUCED TODAY WILL BE
05:17:50 APPROPRIATELY REFERRED. >> THANK YOU PRESIDENT.
05:17:57 >> THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. LET'S GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
05:17:58 AT THIS TIME THE BOARD WELCOMES YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.
05:18:01 YOU CAN LINE UP ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE CHAMBER ALONG
05:18:05 THE CURTAINS. ITEMS YOU CAN SPEAK TO THE
05:18:08 MINUTES HAS PRESENTED THE ITEMS 72 THROUGH 77 ON THE ADOPTION
05:18:12 WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE CALENDAR.
05:18:15 OTHER GENERAL MATTERS NOT ON TODAY'S AGENDA BUT MUST BE
05:18:19 WITHIN THE BOARD SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION.
05:18:20 WE ARE SETTING THE TIMER FOR TWO MINUTES.
05:18:23 >> WOULD YOU LIKE US TO COLLECT THAT FROM YOU MR. FIELD?
05:18:26 >> OKAY. THAT'S OKAY.
05:18:27 WE'LL SEND THE SERGEANT TO COME PICK THAT UP.
05:18:30 >> OKAY. >> ALL RIGHT.
05:18:44 I'LL SET YOUR TIME FOR YOU. >> YES.
05:18:51 THE QUEUE IS TO KEEP YOUR EMOTION TOWARDS BEAUTY.
05:18:52 BUT I THINK IN YOUR CASE IT'S NOT IT'S NOT ENOUGH.
05:18:58 THE DISEASE IS TOO. IT'S A DISEASE.
05:19:02 WE ARE DEALING WITH A DISEASE. >> THE KEY IS TO UNDERSTAND HOW
05:19:06 TO STOP ACCEPTING IT. >> THE POLITICAL SYSTEM WHICH
05:19:13 IS NOW WHICH HAS BEEN THERE FOR A LONG TIME ALREADY TOTALLY
05:19:16 INFECTED TO CREATE GOVERNMENTS RUN BY PEDOPHILES.
05:19:20 >> THAT'S WHAT YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND OR TO STOP WORKING
05:19:28 IN THAT CASE FOR GOVERNMENTS RUN BY PEDOPHILES.
05:19:32 >> HOW DO YOU DO THAT? SO RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU DON'T
05:19:35 KNOW HOW TO DO IT. OKAY.
05:19:42 SO NOW WHEN WE COME BACK, I'M STILL THE SAME WAY OF THINKING
05:19:47 I HOPE FOR YOU. >> YOU WILL HAVE NO MORE EXCUSE
05:19:51 IF I CALL YOU PEDOPHILES BECAUSE I SAID THAT.
05:19:54 >> YOU SEE, IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND.
05:19:58 >> YOU DON'T CALL OUT THE PEDOPHILES.
05:19:59 FIND A WAY TO DO IT. STEP BY STEP.
05:20:02 YOU BECOME A PEDOPHILE DESPITE WHAT YOU WANT.
05:20:06 >> SO IT MEANS NO MATTER WHAT YOU NO FUTURE BECAUSE NO
05:20:09 COMPETENCE, RIGHT? MEANING NO SAFETY ALL TOGETHER
05:20:13 WITH A GOVERNMENT OF PEDOPHILES.
05:20:17 >> IT'S AS SIMPLE AS THIS. >> SO NO SAFETY FOR ANYONE
05:20:23 UNDER WE HAVE NO RIGHTS, GUYS. >> WE ONLY HAVE DUTIES IN LIFE.
05:20:31 ONLY DUTIES TO DO WHAT'S HE'S AIMED AT.
05:20:38 >> BEAUTY. THAT'S IT.
05:20:42 >> OKAY. CAN WE HEAR FROM OUR NEXT
05:20:43 SPEAKER, PLEASE? YES.
05:20:44 I LIKE TO USE THE OVERHIT YES AS HAVE GO TV.
05:20:47 THANK YOU. YES I'M HERE CONCERNING MY SON
05:20:50 RB I HAVE A CUSTOMER WHO WAS MURDERED AUGUST 14TH 2006 ON
05:20:58 THE 14TH OF AUGUST WILL BE THE 19TH YEAR OF HIS DEATH AND I AM
05:21:01 ASKING FOR YOU SUPERVISORS TO PLEASE COME AND SUPPORT US
05:21:09 AND I BRING THESE OTHER PICTURES WITH ME CONCERNING
05:21:13 UNSOLVED HOMICIDES. AND COMMISSIONER MARY SCOTT
05:21:17 THAT WORKED FOR A POLICE COMMISSIONER NOW THAT'S HER SON
05:21:20 AND SHE IS GOING TO BE THERE AND I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE HER
05:21:25 SPEAK SO JUST SAYING THAT NO MATTER WHAT WE DO AND WHAT JOB
05:21:29 WE DO, OUR LOVED ONES ARE LEAVING THIS WORLD.
05:21:33 >> HERE'S OTHER UNSOLVED HOMICIDES THAT ARE NOT SOLVED.
05:21:39 >> I BRING HERE'S OTHER OTHERS UNSOLVED HOMICIDES THAT ARE NOT
05:21:46 SOLVED. >> I BRING THIS EVENT TO SEE
05:21:53 JUST TO INVITE AND I JUST HAD HER PASS SOME OUT TO EVERYONE.
05:22:00 >> I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE GOTTEN IT BUT YEAH SO I'M
05:22:04 ASKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND FOR MOTHERS AND FATHERS LIKE MYSELF
05:22:09 ON THAT DAY TO COME OUT JUST FOR A LITTLE WHILE IF YOU IF
05:22:12 YOU DON'T IF YOU CAN'T SEND A REPRESENTATIVE I'M ASKING MY
05:22:16 DISTRICT MY SUPERVISOR THE BYLAW TO PLEASE COME I NEED YOU
05:22:20 THERE. I KNOW YOU'RE GETTING MARRIED
05:22:24 AND CONGRATULATIONS BUT PLEASE BRING HER WITH YOU SO AND HALF
05:22:31 OF YOU HAVE LOST LOVED ONES AND IF YOU HAVE CHILDREN, IF
05:22:34 YOU HAVE CHILDREN, YOU HAVE NIECES AND NEPHEWS TOO.
05:22:36 WE DON'T WANT THIS TO HIT NOBODY ELSE'S HOME.
05:22:39 BELIEVE ME. THIS IS I DON'T LIKE DOING
05:22:42 THIS. I DON'T LIKE COMING HERE
05:22:43 TALKING ABOUT THIS ALL THE TIME.
05:22:47 BUT I WANT JUSTICE FOR MY CHILD .
05:22:50 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS BROWN.
05:22:57 OKAY. WELCOME.
05:23:05 HELLO. WE ARE BARELY SIX MONTHS INTO
05:23:08 THIS FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION AND LOCAL ONE TWO AND THINGS
05:23:11 WILL ONLY GET WORSE. WE ARE BEING PUT TO THE TEST
05:23:14 STARTING IN 2022 FOR REDISTRICTING IS WHEN I STARTED
05:23:21 GETTING INVOLVED IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT MAKING MY VOICE
05:23:22 KNOWN AS A CONSTITUENT. >> LATER I SPEARHEADED AND GOT
05:23:25 UNANIMOUS UNANIMOUSLY PASSED A PROTECT TRANS AND LGBTQ YOUTH
05:23:29 AND ADULTS RESOLUTION IN 2023 AND THEN THINGS GOT OUT OF MY
05:23:33 CONTROL. BUT I CONTINUE TO BE JUST ME
05:23:37 BECAUSE THAT'S ALL I KNOW REALLY HOW TO DO.
05:23:40 I TRY TO UPLIFT THE VOICES OF THE IGNORED POINT OUT THE
05:23:43 HYPOCRISY OF OUR GOVERNMENT, INFORM PEOPLE AND ENCOURAGE
05:23:45 PEOPLE TO CARE FOR OTHERS. I NEVER THOUGHT MYSELF AS A
05:23:48 LEADER BUT IN THESE FASCIST TIMES I CAN'T DOWNPLAY MY WORDS
05:23:51 AND ACTIONS ANYMORE BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE SCARED THERE'S LESS
05:23:55 PEOPLE BEING LOUD AND CRITICAL AND DEFIANT DURING THESE
05:23:56 DANGEROUS DAYS AND SO TO EVERY SCARED PERSON IN THIS BUILDING
05:24:00 AND EVERY SCARED PERSON WATCHING KNOW THAT I AM SCARED
05:24:02 TOO VERY SCARED. I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH WORSE
05:24:06 THINGS WILL GET NOR WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO ME AS A DEFIANT TRANS
05:24:09 MEXICAN-AMERICAN. >> BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT I AM
05:24:11 PROUD OF MYSELF, PROUD OF MY FRIENDS AND PROUD OF OUR
05:24:14 COMMUNITY FOR NOT BOWING DOWN TO KISS ANY BILLIONAIRE'S RING
05:24:18 FOR ACTING UP IN DEFENSE OF OUR IMMIGRANT FAMILIES IN DEFENSE
05:24:22 OF PALESTINIAN SUFFERING, GENOCIDE AND DEFENSE OF
05:24:23 HOMELESS PEOPLE IN DEFENSE OF PEOPLE WITH SUBSTANCE USE
05:24:26 DISORDER FOR PERSISTING IN PRACTICING OUR MORALS OF
05:24:29 TREATING OTHERS THE WAY YOU WANT TO BE TREATED FOR
05:24:31 ACKNOWLEDGING THE HORRIBLE REVERBERATIONS OF THE GENOCIDE
05:24:34 OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE HERE AND THE KIDNAPING
05:24:35 AND ENSLAVEMENT OF MILLIONS OF INDIGENOUS AFRICANS FOR NOT
05:24:41 ABANDONING THE T AND LGBTQ PLUS AND FOR PROTECTING TRANS
05:24:45 AND INTERSEX KIDS AND ADULTS WHO WANT NOTHING MORE BUT TO
05:24:46 LIVE THEIR LIVES AS THEMSELVES FOR LISTENING AND HEEDING TO
05:24:52 THE NEEDS OF DISABLED PEOPLE FOR NOT VILLAINIZING SEX
05:24:55 WORKERS BUT WANTING TO GIVE THEIR WORK DIGNITY
05:24:56 AND PROTECTION AND SO MUCH MORE SO MUCH MORE I CAN'T FIT HERE.
05:25:00 AND IF ANY OF THIS SOUNDS LIKE YOU I AM PROUD OF YOU.
05:25:03 >> YOU ARE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY.
05:25:05 FUTURE GENERATIONS WILL ADMIRE YOU.
05:25:07 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
05:25:08 WE HEAR FROM THE NEXT SPEAKER. PLEASE.
05:25:18 GOOD EVENING SUPERVISORS. I'M JULIANNE MALONEY, CO-CEO OF
05:25:22 SUTRO POWER, THE SAN FRANCISCO BASED GREEN ENERGY COMPANY
05:25:26 AND I'M HERE REPRESENTING THE S.F. SOLAR AND STORAGE
05:25:27 COALITION. THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION JUST
05:25:32 ELIMINATED THE 30% SOLAR TAX CREDIT EFFECTIVE JANUARY 2026.
05:25:36 THIS CREATES IMMEDIATE URGENCY AS THOUSANDS OF SAN FRANCISCANS
05:25:40 ARE ATTEMPTING TO GET THEIR SYSTEMS DESIGNED, INSTALLED
05:25:44 AND ACTIVATED BEFORE THE DEADLINE AS SAN FRANCISCANS
05:25:47 RUSH TO GO SOLAR. OUR CITY'S PERMITTING PROCESSES
05:25:52 ARE BLOCKING THEM PLAN REVIEWS TAKE WEEKS IF NOT MONTHS LONGER
05:25:56 THAN NECESSARY. INSPECTIONS ARE ALSO MORE
05:25:59 DIFFICULT WHERE IT ONCE TOOK A SINGLE WEEK FOR INSPECTION
05:26:03 TURNAROUND IT IS NOW 3 TO 6 WEEKS TO GET FINALIZED.
05:26:07 OUR INSTALLATIONS FACE ADDITIONAL RED TAPE ON
05:26:08 MULTIFAMILY BUILDINGS, APARTMENTS AND COMMERCIAL
05:26:11 SPACES AS THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ATTACKS GREEN
05:26:15 ENERGY, SAN FRANCISCO SHOULD MAKE IT EASIER FOR RESIDENTS TO
05:26:18 CHOOSE CLEAN ENERGY, NOT HARDER .
05:26:22 YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM FRUSTRATED RESIDENTS WHOSE
05:26:23 SOLAR INSTALLATIONS ARE DELAYED BY CURRENT PROCESSES.
05:26:30 THIS ISN'T JUST ABOUT BEATING A FEDERAL DEADLINE.
05:26:34 THE PERMITTING REFORMS WE NEED NOW WILL SERVE RESIDENTS FOR
05:26:37 DECADES AS OUR CITY REQUIRES TENS OF THOUSANDS MORE SOLAR
05:26:41 AND STORAGE INSTALLATIONS. SUPERVISORS INCLUDE OUR
05:26:45 COALITION IN THESE POLICY DISCUSSIONS.
05:26:49 WE ARE IN THE TRENCHES HERE. WE UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHERE THE
05:26:53 BOTTLENECKS ARE AND HOW TO FIX THEM.
05:26:56 WHILE OTHER BAY AREA CITIES ARE STREAMLINING, SAN FRANCISCO
05:27:00 SHOULDN'T FALL BEHIND USE THIS URGENT MOMENT TO PREPARE THE
05:27:04 GREEN ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE OUR CITY NEEDS.
05:27:07 THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
05:27:11 NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. >> GOOD EVENING SUPERVISORS.
05:27:19 I'M JOHN POWER UP AND REPRESENTING BOTH MY SOLAR
05:27:23 INSTALLATION FIRM SUTRO POWER AND THE SAN FRANCISCO SOLAR
05:27:26 AND STORAGE COALITION. I'VE REACHED OUT TO EACH OF
05:27:30 YOUR OFFICES VIA PHONE AND EMAIL BOTH A MONTH AGO
05:27:33 AND LAST WEEK REGARDING MY COALITION'S PLATFORM.
05:27:34 THANK YOU. SUPERVISORS FIELDER MELGAR
05:27:38 SHORTER AND GARCIA MAHMOOD AND PRESIDENT RANDLEMAN FOR
05:27:42 FOLLOWING UP AND ENGAGING WITH US.
05:27:45 >> I CAME TODAY TO REQUEST THAT YOU CONVENE A SPECIAL SESSION
05:27:49 OR COMMITTEE HEARING DEDICATED TO HEARING DIRECTLY FROM OUR
05:27:52 COALITION ON URGENT MATTERS RELATED TO ROOFTOP SOLAR ENERGY
05:27:57 EQUITY AND THE CITY'S DECARBONIZATION GOALS BEFORE
05:28:00 FURTHER POLICY IS MADE BY DEVI YES A FIRE DEPARTMENT OR CLEAN
05:28:04 POWER S.F.. WE BELIEVE THERE'S AN IMMEDIATE
05:28:08 NEED FOR STRUCTURED DIALOG BETWEEN POLICYMAKERS AND FRONT
05:28:11 LINE STAKEHOLDERS WORKING ON DISTRIBUTED ENERGY IN SAN
05:28:13 FRANCISCO. WE'RE REQUESTING THAT A
05:28:16 SUPERVISOR SPONSOR THE SESSION SO THAT WE MAY FORMALLY PRESENT
05:28:19 DATA, TESTIMONY AND POLICY PROPOSALS THAT IMPACT THOUSANDS
05:28:23 OF RESIDENTS AND SMALL BUSINESSES.
05:28:26 THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. WE LOOK FORWARD TO
05:28:28 COLLABORATING ON A SESSION THAT ADVANCES LOCAL CLIMATE
05:28:31 LEADERSHIP AND ENERGY INDEPENDENCE.
05:28:34 >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. WELCOME TO THE NEXT SPEAKER.
05:28:38 THANK YOU. MY NAME IS MARIANNE RODRIGUEZ
05:28:42 GAVEL. I AM A RESIDENT AND EMPLOYEE
05:28:45 IN DISTRICT FIVE CLEAN POWER S.F. WAS CREATED BY SAN
05:28:48 FRANCISCANS TO GENERATE LOCAL ENERGY AND INCREASE OUR
05:28:52 INDEPENDENCE. IT WAS CREATED TO MAKE POSSIBLE
05:28:53 A PATH TO CLEAN LOCAL ENERGY WITHOUT THE WALL STREET GREED
05:28:57 AND PROFIT FOCUSED INVESTOR OWNED UTILITIES LIKE P, G AND E
05:29:00 NOW CLEAN POWER S.F. INTENDS TO ADOPT THE AVOIDED COST
05:29:05 CALCULATOR AND KILL ROOFTOP SOLAR IN SAN FRANCISCO.
05:29:08 LOOK NO FURTHER THAN OUR NEIGHBORS OUTSIDE OF THE CITY
05:29:11 WHERE IT'S ALREADY BEEN IMPLEMENTED F STOP SOLAR
05:29:15 ADOPTION HAS EXPERIENCED A NEAR MARKET COLLAPSE IN CALIFORNIA
05:29:19 OUTSIDE OF SAN FRANCISCO WE HAVE A CHOICE TO REJECT THIS
05:29:23 MODEL AND REAFFIRM OUR VALUES. WE VALUE CLEAN LOCAL ENERGY.
05:29:27 PLEASE REVIEW THE ESTABLISHED RECORD OF THE BOARD OF
05:29:31 SUPERVISORS RESOLUTION 406 14 THE CLEAN POWER S.F.
05:29:34 IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FROM 2015 AND S.F. ENVIRONMENTAL CODE
05:29:40 SECTION 18.1 REJECT ANY COMPENSATION MODEL THAT USES
05:29:44 THE AVOIDED COST CALCULATOR AND COMPENSATE SAN FRANCISCANS
05:29:48 FOR THE FULL BENEFITS OF SOLAR POWER.
05:29:49 THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
05:29:51 >> WELCOME TO THE NEXT SPEAKER CHARLES ADDAMS ALBION POWER
05:29:55 COMPANY IS A LOCAL BUSINESS. OVER THE PAST 20 YEARS WE'VE
05:30:00 INSTALLED FEDERAL STATE RESIDENTIAL AND UTILITY SOLAR
05:30:04 PROJECTS AND I WAS IN THE ROOM WHEN SOME OF YOUR PREDECESSORS
05:30:07 WHEN CCAS WERE LEGISLATED. WE HAVE IMMENSE DISAPPOINTMENT
05:30:11 IN CLEAN POWER S EFFORTS TO DESTROY LOCAL SOLAR BY
05:30:12 DEVALUING RESIDENT PRODUCED SOLAR ENERGY WHILE SUBSCRIBING
05:30:16 TO AN ENVIRONMENTALLY DESTRUCTIVE SHELL GAME CLEAN
05:30:20 ENERGY MODEL FUNDED BY WALL STREET TAX EQUITY.
05:30:24 THE CITY IS CURRENTLY DESTROYING ITS MAIN STREET
05:30:26 GREEN ECONOMY AS INTENDED ROOFTOP SOLAR PRODUCES 100%
05:30:30 LOCAL CLEAN ENERGY, LOCAL JOB CREATION, LOCAL TAX REVENUE
05:30:34 FUNDED BY SAN FRANCISCANS USING THEIR OWN ROOFTOPS AND MONEY.
05:30:37 ALL OF THE ENERGY CREATED IN SAN FRANCISCO STAYS IN SAN
05:30:39 FRANCISCO IT IS LESS EXPENSIVE BUT CLEAN POWER S.F. MUST
05:30:43 HONESTLY COMPENSATE THE RESIDENTS WHO PROVIDE THIS
05:30:47 BENEFIT SFP P INSTEAD WANTS TO USE THE AC C CALCULATOR.
05:30:50 THE P, G AND E DEVICE ASSUMING ALL CLEAN ENERGY IS PROVIDED
05:30:55 CENTRALLY BY DECLARING LOCAL ENERGY LOCAL SMALL BUSINESS
05:30:59 ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
05:31:02 AS A COST SHIFT TO THE POOR. THE PSEUDO ECONOMICS FAVORING
05:31:05 CENTRALIZED POWER GENERATION THE COST PLUS 10% UTILITY
05:31:08 INFRASTRUCTURE LOBBY HAS FUNDED A LOT OF STATE LEGISLATION OVER
05:31:13 THE PAST TWO YEARS DISGUISING A LOT OF ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE
05:31:16 AND INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS AS CLEAN ENERGY.
05:31:17 SAN FRANCISCO COPYING THIS REGULATORY CAPTURE AGAINST
05:31:21 LOCAL GENERATION IS A BETRAYAL OF EVERYTHING CCAS WERE CREATED
05:31:25 TO CHAMPION. WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR SUBSIDIES
05:31:29 WE'RE INSISTING CLEAN POWER S.F. PROVIDE AN HONEST
05:31:33 ACCOUNTING OF THE BENEFITS OF LOCAL GENERATION ON ROOFTOPS BY
05:31:36 RESIDENTS AND THE DBE BUILDING CODES CAN REALISTICALLY BE
05:31:40 IMPLEMENTED IN AN URBAN ENVIRONMENT THOSE THINGS ARE
05:31:44 NOT CURRENTLY HAPPENING. YOUR URGENT ATTENTION TO SFP
05:31:47 C'S MISUNDERSTANDING IS GREATLY APPRECIATED.
05:31:48 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
05:31:51 >> WELCOME TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. THANK YOU AND AS A GOV TV THANK
05:31:56 YOU. REALLY HARD TO SEE THE EFFORTS
05:32:00 THAT CAN YOU USE THE MICROPHONE PLEASE?
05:32:04 THANK YOU. THIS IS PROBABLY HARD TO SEE.
05:32:06 IT'S THE SAN FRANCISCO BUILDING CODE ORDINANCES THAT WERE
05:32:10 PASSED BY THIS BOARD ON SOLAR PERMITTING AND INSPECTIONS
05:32:14 AND THOSE ARE NOT BEING FOLLOWED RIGHT NOW.
05:32:18 >> I'M JANINE COTTER. I'M CO-FOUNDER OF LUMINOL
05:32:21 AND WE'VE BEEN INSTALLING SOLAR AND BATTERIES IN SAN FRANCISCO
05:32:25 FOR 24 OVER 20 YEARS. I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT FOUR
05:32:29 AND LUMINOSITIES IN DISTRICT TEN.
05:32:32 LUMINOL WAS SAN FRANCISCO'S FIRST WORKFORCE CERTIFIED GO
05:32:36 SOLAR MYSELF INSTALLER SO WE HIRED FOLKS THROUGH THAT
05:32:40 WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM AND I'M THE CHAIR OF SAN
05:32:43 FRANCISCO'S WORKFORCE INVESTMENT BOARD AND ON JULY
05:32:50 4TH TRUMP'S ONE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL ELIMINATED THE 30% TAX
05:32:53 CREDIT FOR SOLAR BATTERY INSTALLS AFTER THIS YEAR WE
05:32:57 HAVE FIVE MONTHS. WE HAVE FIVE MONTHS.
05:32:59 I CAME TODAY WITH THE SAN FRANCISCO SOLAR BATTERY
05:33:03 COALITION WHICH IS COMPRISED OF LOCALLY OWNED SMALL BUSINESSES
05:33:08 LIKE LUMINOL. AND WE HAVE THREE ISSUES OF
05:33:11 REALLY EXCRUCIATING CONCERN TO US.
05:33:15 ONE IS PERMITTING. THE OTHER IS INSPECTIONS
05:33:19 AND THEN THERE'S CLEAN POWER AS JEFF'S PROPOSAL TO ADOPT
05:33:22 GENIE'S NESE NET BILLING TARIFF AND UNDERVALUE SOLAR ENERGY
05:33:26 GENERATED BY SAN FRANCISCANS, PERMITS USED TO BE PULLED
05:33:30 ONLINE FOR MODEST SOLAR SYSTEMS AS PERMITS FOR LARGER SYSTEMS
05:33:34 TOOK 3 TO 5 DAYS. >> THEY NOW TAKE 4 TO 8 WEEKS
05:33:38 WITH OUTLIERS TAKING SIX OR MORE MONTHS.
05:33:42 SOLAR APP AUTOMATIC AUTOMATED PERMITTING IS MORE RESTRICTIVE
05:33:46 IN SAN FRANCISCO THAN ANY OTHER JURISDICTIONS.
05:33:49 MOST OF OUR PROJECTS DON'T QUALIFY FOR SOLAR APP.
05:33:53 I'M IN THE BUILDING CODE SECTION 106 8.1.15.6
05:34:03 INSPECTIONS SAYS THAT ONLY ONE INSPECTION IS REQUIRED FOR
05:34:04 MODESTLY SIZED SOLAR SYSTEMS BEGINNING IN OCTOBER OF 2020.
05:34:09 >> THANK YOU MA'AM, FOR YOUR COMMENTS AND JUST FOR THOSE OF
05:34:13 YOU WHO MIGHT NOT HAVE SPOKEN HERE BEFORE, I JUST WANT TO
05:34:17 DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE CLOCK ON THAT PODIUM.
05:34:20 IT'LL LET YOU KNOW WHERE YOU'RE AT IN YOUR TWO MINUTES.
05:34:23 >> THANK WELCOME. THANK YOU.
05:34:24 GOOD AFTERNOON, SUPERVISOR ZACH LIPTON.
05:34:27 I'M ON THE STEERING COMMITTEE OF STREETS FOR ALL SAN
05:34:31 FRANCISCO. >> MEMBER OF WALK S.F. AND I'M
05:34:32 GLAD TO BE HERE TO SUPPORT SUPERVISOR MAL GARS STREET
05:34:35 SAFETY ACT TRAFFIC SAFETY IS PUBLIC SAFETY.
05:34:39 >> MORE PEOPLE ARE KILLED IN TRAFFIC VIOLENCE THAN
05:34:40 HOMICIDES IN SAN FRANCISCO EVERY SINGLE YEAR.
05:34:43 WE FOCUS A LOT ON THESE FATALITIES RIGHTFULLY BUT I
05:34:47 ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE SERIOUS INJURIES EVERY EIGHT
05:34:50 HOURS. SOMEONE IS INJURED BADLY ENOUGH
05:34:51 ON OUR STREETS TO NEED TO BE RUSHED TO THE TRAUMA CENTER AT
05:34:55 S.F. GENERAL. THESE ARE OFTEN DEVASTATING
05:34:58 AND LIFE CHANGING INJURIES AND YET THEY USUALLY GO WITHOUT
05:35:01 A SINGLE MENTION IN THE PRESS AND NO RESPONSE FROM THE CITY.
05:35:03 SO I'M GLAD THAT THIS MEASURE REAFFIRMS THE CITY'S COMMITMENT
05:35:07 TO VISION ZERO. >> WHERE I'M CONCERNED IS THAT
05:35:10 A LOT OF THIS IS NOT NEW. IT'S BEEN THE LAW IN THE CITY
05:35:13 FOR MORE THAN 15 YEARS THAT ANY PUBLIC OR PRIVATE PROJECT ON
05:35:16 THE RIGHT OF WAY HAS TO BE PART OF AN INTERAGENCY PROCESS TO
05:35:20 MAKE SIGNIFICANT STREETSCAPE AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY
05:35:23 IMPROVEMENTS. THAT'S THE BETTER STREETS
05:35:26 POLICY THIS BOARD ALREADY ENACTED.
05:35:27 >> BUT IN PRACTICE THAT'S WORKED FOR MANY PRIVATE
05:35:30 PROJECTS BUT RARELY EVER HAPPENS FOR PUBLIC PROJECTS.
05:35:33 >> FOR EXAMPLE, THE CITY REPAVED 10TH STREET JUST A
05:35:37 COUPLE OF BLOCKS FROM HERE LAST FALL.
05:35:38 >> UTILITIES GOT UPGRADED, WE GOT NEW PAVEMENT AND THEN THE
05:35:42 CREWS PUT THE STREET RIGHT BACK THE WAY IT WAS AND THE WAY IT
05:35:45 WAS IS IS A SIX LANE WIDE SPEEDWAY TO A RESIDENTIAL
05:35:48 NEIGHBORHOOD WITH AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND THE HUMAN AGENCY
05:35:52 HUMAN SERVICES SERVICE CENTER AND OTHER IMPORTANT CITY
05:35:55 INSTITUTIONS. >> THIS WAS A MISSED
05:35:59 OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS AT VERY LITTLE
05:36:02 COST WHILE THE STREET WAS BEING REPAVED ANYWAY.
05:36:03 AND THAT HAPPENS ROUTINELY AROUND THE CITY.
05:36:06 >> IT SHOULD BE AUTOMATIC TO MAKE THESE PROVEN LIFE SAVING
05:36:09 IMPROVEMENTS WHENEVER A STREET IS BEING REPAVED.
05:36:13 WHY DO WE EVEN HAVE A VISION ZERO TOOL KIT IF WE DON'T USE
05:36:15 IT WHENEVER WE REPAVE OUR STREETS?
05:36:18 >> WHY DID WE SPEND THE TIME AND MONEY TO CREATE A BIKING
05:36:20 AND ROLLING PLAN IF WE DON'T IMPLEMENT IT WHEN STREETS ARE
05:36:22 RENOVATED? I'M THANKFUL FOR SUPERVISOR
05:36:25 MOGHERINI'S LONG TERM LEADERSHIP ON VISION ZERO
05:36:28 AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE INTERAGENCY COORDINATION
05:36:31 IN VITAL SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS THIS MEASURE WILL BRING.
05:36:32 THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
05:36:35 >> WELCOME TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD EVENING SUPERVISORS.
05:36:39 MY NAME IS JEAN LAMB. I LIVE ON 18TH STREET NEAR
05:36:43 GUERRERO AND I'M HERE TO SUPPORT SUPERVISOR MAL GARS
05:36:49 PROPOSAL FOR SAFER STREETS. I'VE BEEN LIVING IN SAN
05:36:50 FRANCISCO FOR 20 YEARS CAR FREE BIKING AND WALKING EVERYWHERE
05:36:57 WHICH IS A WONDERFUL PRIVILEGE. I WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO
05:36:58 GROWING OLD HERE AND BEING ABLE TO BE MOBILE AND I'VE JUST
05:37:02 FOUND IT TO BE INCREASINGLY CHAOTIC, UNORGANIZED
05:37:09 AND DANGEROUS TO WALK AND BIKE HERE TO THE POINT WHERE I
05:37:11 HONESTLY FEEL LIKE I'M GOING TO BE KILLED ON MY BIKE IN THE
05:37:14 BIKE LANE OR ON CROSSING A STREET.
05:37:17 I CAN TELL YOU THAT I ROUTINELY AT INTERSECTIONS SEE CARS STOP
05:37:25 AT A RED LIGHT AND THEN LOOK AROUND AND JUST DRIVE THROUGH
05:37:29 IT OR THEY JUST ROLL THROUGH IT .
05:37:33 >> I SEE CARS ROUTINELY MAKING RIGHT TURNS WHERE THEY COME
05:37:37 RIGHT UP TO THE CROSSWALK AND HOVER AND DOG YOU UNTIL YOU
05:37:41 GET OUT OF THEIR WAY SO THEY CAN MAKE THEIR TURN IN THE BIKE
05:37:45 LANES. >> OF COURSE THERE'S CARS
05:37:48 PARKED IN ALMOST EVERY BLOCK AT SOME TIMES A DAY WITH NO ONE
05:37:52 IN THEM. THERE'S ALL THESE NEW USES NOW
05:37:55 THAT HAVE COME OUT IN RECENT YEARS OF MOTORIZED SCOOTERS
05:37:56 THAT ARE DELIVERING THINGS. THEY'RE SPEEDING IN THE BIKE
05:38:00 LANE, PASSING ON THE RIDE, DOING UNEXPECTED ERRATIC THINGS
05:38:06 . THERE'S STAND UP PEOPLE
05:38:07 STANDING ON SCOOTERS, THERE'S SCOOTERS AND ELECTRIC BIKES ON
05:38:14 THE SIDEWALKS WEAVING AMONG PEOPLE AND SOMETHING NEEDS TO
05:38:18 BE DONE TO ORGANIZE THIS AND MAKE IT SAFER.
05:38:22 AND AS THE GENTLEMAN BEFORE ME SAID, BESIDES THE SHOCKING
05:38:26 STATISTICS OF FATALITIES, IT'S ROUTINELY PEOPLE ARE HIT
05:38:30 AND MAKE ARMED AND INJURED AND PLEASE SUPPORT SUPERVISOR
05:38:36 MEL GARS PROPOSAL. THANK YOU.
05:38:37 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. >> LET'S HEAR FROM OUR NEXT
05:38:41 SPEAKER. WELCOME.
05:38:45 >> HI EVERYONE. MY NAME IS AUDREY.
05:38:46 I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT ONE. I APPRECIATE AND IN IN STRONG
05:38:52 SUPPORT OF SUPERVISOR MEL GUY'S RESOLUTION FOR A CITYWIDE
05:38:56 TRAFFIC SAFETY COMMITMENT. NOW MORE THAN EVER OUR CITY
05:39:00 MUST DOUBLE DOWN ON VISION AND OUR VISION ZERO GOALS 2024
05:39:04 HAD THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF TRAFFIC DEATHS IN RECENT MEMORY
05:39:07 WHERE 40 PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN TRAFFIC CRASHES INCLUDING A
05:39:11 72 YEAR OLD NEIGHBOR IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD THE RICHMOND ON
05:39:12 FULTON ON FEBRUARY. AND THIS IS TO SAY NOTHING
05:39:16 ABOUT THE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE MAIMED EACH YEAR ON OUR
05:39:20 STREETS. >> OF COURSE NOBODY WANTS TO
05:39:23 SEE OUR FELLOW NEIGHBORS KILLED OR HURT.
05:39:26 BUT I HOPE THAT THIS RESOLUTION NOT ONLY GIVES US
05:39:30 ACCOUNTABILITY BUT OUR LEADERS THE POLITICAL COURAGE NEEDED TO
05:39:33 IMPLEMENT THESE CHANGES. WE MUST IMPLEMENT PROVEN
05:39:37 SYSTEMIC SOLUTIONS LIKE COMPLETE STREETS, LOWER SPEED
05:39:41 LIMITS EVEN IN THE FACE OF OPPOSITION.
05:39:44 WHILE POLICE ENFORCEMENT IS IMPORTANT, IT'S NOT A
05:39:46 REPLACEMENT FOR THESE CHANGES. ULTIMATELY WE MUST CHANGE THE
05:39:50 PHYSICAL LAYOUT OF OUR CITY OUR TRAFFIC RULES AND HOW WE GET
05:39:53 AROUND. WE CANNOT ACHIEVE VISION ZERO
05:39:56 WITHOUT THEM. >> THANK YOU.
05:39:57 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. >> WELCOME TO THE NEXT SPEAKER
05:40:03 . GOOD EVENING SUPERVISORS.
05:40:04 MY NAME IS CYRUS HALL. I APOLOGIZE IF MY VOICE IS
05:40:05 HOARSE. I NEED WATER TONIGHT I AM
05:40:07 SPEAKING AS A MEMBER OF STREETS FOR ALL SAN FRANCISCO AND THE
05:40:11 STREETS FOR ALL STEERING COMMITTEE STREETS FOR ALL
05:40:14 SUPPORTS THE INTENT AND DIRECTION OF THE SAN
05:40:15 FRANCISCO STREETS SAFETY ACT AND DEEPLY APPRECIATE
05:40:19 SUPERVISOR MEL GA'S LEADERSHIP IN INTRODUCING THIS RESOLUTION
05:40:23 . AND AS SAN FRANCISCO DISCUSSES
05:40:24 HOW TO MOVE FORWARD ON VISION ZERO, WE WELCOME THE
05:40:27 RESOLUTION'S FOCUS ON A PREVENTATIVE INTER-AGENCY DATA
05:40:29 DRIVEN APPROACH TO ENDING TRAFFIC VIOLENCE.
05:40:33 STREETS FOR ALL RESPECTFULLY URGES THAT THE RESOLUTION OFFER
05:40:37 A CLEAR DIRECTIVE TO IMPLEMENT VISION ZERO SAFETY MEASURES
05:40:41 SUCH AS PROTECTED BIKE LANES DURING REPAVING AND STREET
05:40:44 RECONSTRUCTION PROJECTS ON ALL STREETS.
05:40:48 >> THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH BOTH THE BETTER STREETS PLAN AND THE
05:40:49 CITY'S BIKING AND ROLLING PLAN. WHEN REPAVING, RECONSTRUCTING
05:40:53 OR CONDUCTING OTHER STREET LEVEL WORK ALL RECOMMENDED
05:40:56 SAFETY INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS SHOULD BE DESIGNED
05:41:00 AND CONSTRUCTED. THESE INCLUDE SEPARATED
05:41:03 AND PROTECTED BIKE LANES AS OUTLINED IN THE BIKING
05:41:04 AND ROLLING PLAN AS WELL AS CURB EXTENSIONS AS TRAFFIC
05:41:08 CALMING AND HARDENED DAYLIGHTING.
05:41:11 >> A STRONG RESOLUTION REAFFIRMING THE BOARD'S 2010
05:41:15 DETERMINATIONS AND THE BETTER STREETS PLAN WILL INDICATE
05:41:16 INDICATE CLEAR SUPPORT FOR MULTIPLE USES OF STREETS
05:41:20 INCLUDING SAFE ACTIVE AND AMPLE SPACE FOR PEDESTRIANS, BICYCLES
05:41:24 AND PUBLIC TRANSIT. SAFE STREETS WITH DIVERSE
05:41:27 TRANSPORTATION MODES ARE MORE CONDUCIVE TO DIVERSE PUBLIC
05:41:30 LIFE AND THE EFFICIENT MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE AND GOODS THAN
05:41:33 STREETS DESIGNED PRIMARILY TO MOVE AUTOMOBILES.
05:41:35 LET'S WORK TOGETHER TO DESIGN AND PASS THE STRONGEST
05:41:38 RESOLUTION POSSIBLE. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
05:41:41 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. >> LET'S HEAR FROM OUR NEXT
05:41:43 SPEAKER PLEASE. >> HELLO.
05:41:49 >> MY NAME IS EVE CARTER AND I LIVE IN THE RICHMOND DISTRICT.
05:41:56 AND I'M GOING INTO SIXTH GRADE AND OLD ENOUGH TO WALK TO
05:42:00 SCHOOL BY MYSELF. >> I LIVE ALONG CALIFORNIA
05:42:03 STREET AND HAVE TO CROSS IT TO GET TO SCHOOL.
05:42:07 IT'S VERY BUSY. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MYRNA
05:42:11 MELGAR FOR WHAT SHE IS DOING. IT'LL HELP NOT JUST ME BUT LOTS
05:42:19 AND LOTS OF OTHER PEOPLE IN THE CITY WHO NEED TO GET PLACES
05:42:23 AND FIND IT UNSAFE TO TRY AND CROSS BUSY ROADS OR AREAS
05:42:31 WHERE LIKE THEIR ARE CARS PARKED NEAR THE CROSSING SO
05:42:38 THEY CAN'T SEE AND LIKE YEAH IT'S REALLY ANNOYING WHEN
05:42:45 AND AND THERE'S A ROAD THAT YOU CAN'T CROSS AND HAVE TO AVOID
05:42:50 AND HAVE TO GO THE LONG WAY AROUND.
05:42:53 THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
05:42:57 NICELY DONE. ALL RIGHT.
05:42:58 LET'S HEAR FROM OUR NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
05:43:03 THANK YOU. MY NAME IS CHARLOTTE MOONEY.
05:43:04 I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT ONE AND I CANNOT SAY THINGS ANY
05:43:07 BETTER THAN MY DAUGHTER ALREADY SAID.
05:43:10 THANK YOU SUPERVISOR MELGAR FOR INTRODUCING THIS AND I REALLY
05:43:15 ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU TO ACT ON THIS STREET SAFETY ACT THAT
05:43:19 AFFECTS ALL OF US. >> THANK YOU.
05:43:22 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. WELCOME TO OUR NEXT SPEAKER.
05:43:28 >> GOOD EVENING SUPERVISORS. MY NAME IS RICHARD BAUMAN.
05:43:31 I LIVE IN THE RICHMOND DISTRICT.
05:43:32 I'VE LIVED THERE FOR THE PAST 30 YEARS EVER SINCE COVID
05:43:35 STARTED. I'VE NOTICED THREE THINGS.
05:43:39 FIRST OF ALL, THERE ARE MORE PEOPLE WALKING DOGS.
05:43:42 SECONDLY, THERE ARE MORE PEOPLE PUSHING BABY CARRIAGES.
05:43:45 AND THIRD THERE ARE MORE CARS IGNORING STOP SIGNS SPEED ING
05:43:50 AND ENTERING IN CROSSWALKS WHEN PEDESTRIANS ARE IN THE
05:43:55 CROSSWALKS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED
05:43:56 DURING COVID BUT DRIVING GOT CRAZIER AND NOW I'VE NOTICED
05:43:59 IT'S MUCH MUCH MORE DANGEROUS TO WALK AROUND IN THE RICHMOND
05:44:03 DISTRICT. THEREFORE I STRONGLY URGE YOU
05:44:07 TO VOTE TO PASS SUPERCAR SUPERVISOR MEL GUY'S
05:44:11 RESOLUTION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
05:44:14 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. WELCOME TO OUR NEXT SPEAKER.
05:44:22 >> GOOD EVENING SUPERVISOR PRESIDENT GENTLEMEN, I COME TO
05:44:27 YOU AS A SURVIVOR OF TWO COLLISIONS IN SAN FRANCISCO.
05:44:34 >> BOTH OF THEM OCCURRED IN CROSSWALKS AS I WAS WALKING
05:44:38 ONE OF THEM 24.5 YEARS AGO AND ONE OF THEM EIGHT WEEKS AGO
05:44:43 WITHIN THE DISTRICT I LIVE ON ON THIS STREET I LIVE ON WHICH
05:44:47 HAS HASTE REACHED. AND WHAT WILL HAPPEN WITH THE
05:44:51 STREET SAFETY ACT IS IT WILL COORDINATE CITY DEPARTMENTS TO
05:44:58 WORK TOGETHER. WHAT WASN'T WORKING THAT DAY
05:45:02 VERY WELL? >> NOT AT ALL IS THE STREET
05:45:06 LIGHT ON WOODEN POLE OVER THE CORNER OF HAYES AND LAGUNA AT
05:45:16 POLE 2667 ONE ONE WAS NOT WORKING AND THE DRIVER SAID WHO
05:45:24 HIT ME AND FILLING OUT THE OFFICERS INQUIRY ON THE TRAFFIC
05:45:28 COLLISION REPORT WHICH IT HAS A SERIAL NUMBER OF 2503157 EIGHT
05:45:38 ZERO. >> HE SAID HE COULDN'T SEE ME.
05:45:39 WELL A CITY MAINTAINED CONSTRUCTED LIGHT POLE THE
05:45:46 LIGHT WASN'T WORKING FOR WEEKS AFTER I WAS OPERATED ON IT.
05:45:50 SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL BY SOME GREAT ORTHOPEDIC DOCTORS I
05:45:58 CALLED 311 AND TWO WEEKS LATER THE LIGHT WAS TURNED ON SO THAT
05:46:05 LIGHT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ALWAYS ON.
05:46:06 >> IF IT'S CITY PROPERTY AND PLEASE THROUGH THE STREET
05:46:10 SAFETY ACT ENSURE THAT WE HAVE COORDINATION FROM ALL THE CITY
05:46:17 DEPARTMENTS TO ENSURE A COLLISION LIKE MINE DOESN'T
05:46:18 HAPPEN AGAIN AND ANYONE ELSE OF THE OTHER ONES THAT HAVE
05:46:21 HAPPENED IN THE MOUNTAIN OF DEATH COLLISION LAST YEAR.
05:46:28 THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
05:46:30 >> WELCOME. NEXT SPEAKER THANK YOU BOARD
05:46:35 PRESIDENT PRESIDENT MANDOLIN AND SUPERVISORS.
05:46:39 MY NAME IS ALI GELLER. I WORK FOR THE FAMILIES FOR
05:46:43 SAFE STREETS NATIONAL ORGANIZATION AND I LIVED IN D
05:46:46 ONE A FEW WEEKS AGO MY HUSBAND AND I WERE WALKING ABOUT EIGHT
05:46:50 BLOCKS TO DINNER IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND WE WERE ALMOST
05:46:51 HIT THREE SEPARATE TIMES. A DRIVER SPED THROUGH AN
05:46:57 INTERSECTION. A DRIVER BLEW THROUGH A RED
05:47:00 LIGHT. >> A DRIVER BLEW THROUGH A STOP
05:47:02 SIGN. THIS HAS BECOME OUR EVERY
05:47:05 SINGLE DAY AND I AM SO TIRED OF FEELING HEARTSICK AND WORRIED
05:47:12 FOR MYSELF AND MY FAMILY IN THE CITY I LOVE SUPERVISOR MELGAR
05:47:17 THANK YOU FOR INTRODUCING THE STREET SAFETY ACT.
05:47:21 >> SUCH MEASURES MEASURES AS STREAMLINING SAFETY PROJECTS,
05:47:25 EXPANDING AUTOMATED ENFORCEMENT ,ADDING HARDENED DAYLIGHTING
05:47:30 TO ALL HIGH INJURY STREETS AND FULLY HARNESSING THE QUICK
05:47:33 BUILD PROGRAM. ABSOLUTELY WILL SAVE LIVES IF
05:47:37 IT IS APPLIED AT SCALE AND PROACTIVELY RATHER THAN
05:47:40 REACTIVELY AFTER PREVENTABLE TRAGEDIES.
05:47:44 EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM HAS PEOPLE WE LOVE AND WORRY ABOUT
05:47:49 THIS RESOLUTION ABSOLUTELY CAN PROTECT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD
05:47:53 STREETS AND LARGER CORRIDORS AS WELL FROM THE RAMPANT SPEED
05:47:57 AND RECKLESSNESS THAT CURRENTLY AND TRAGICALLY ARE INVITED ON
05:48:04 OUR ROADWAYS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE HARD
05:48:06 WORK YOU DO AND I REALLY URGE YOU TO HELP US GET THIS PASSED.
05:48:09 THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
05:48:13 >> NEXT SPEAKER, WELCOME. GOOD EVENING SUPERVISORS.
05:48:17 I SEE THAT YOU'VE HAD A LONG DAY.
05:48:19 >> I WANT TO THANK SUPERVISOR MELGAR MORE THAN JUST A CLIMATE
05:48:24 CHAMPION AND REALLY DOING IMPORTANT STUFF.
05:48:30 I'M NOT GOING TO GO INTO THE NUMBER OF MISSED RED LIGHTS
05:48:34 AND NEAR-MISSES WITH DRIVERS. LUCKILY I'VE AVOIDED CLIPPING
05:48:41 ACTUAL PHYSICAL IMPACT BUT IT'S BEEN EXCEEDINGLY CLOSE ON
05:48:45 OCCASION. SO I'M REALLY GLAD TO SEE THE
05:48:49 CALLING OUT THE RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE
05:48:50 VARIOUS AGENCIES. AND HOPEFULLY THAT WILL HAVE A
05:48:54 SIGNIFICANT IMPACT THAT COORDINATION AMONG AGENCIES IS
05:48:58 CRITICAL TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. SO JUST THANK YOU AND I'M
05:49:01 LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING IT MOVE FORWARD AND GETTING ACTION
05:49:03 FROM THE RELEVANT DEPARTMENTS TONIGHT.
05:49:05 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. >> WELCOME.
05:49:08 NEXT SPEAKER. GOOD EVENING.
05:49:12 >> I'M HARRY ROWE AND I'M HOPING TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE
05:49:14 COMIC RELIEF AT LEAST TO EVEN LOOK AT YOU IN PERSON AND SAY
05:49:17 HELLO. THANK YOU SUPERVISOR MELGAR FOR
05:49:20 TACKLING THIS ONE. HIS SUPER THE VISION ZERO THAT
05:49:24 RAN OUT LAST YEAR NEEDED TO BE REDO REDONE BECAUSE THE TRAFFIC
05:49:32 THING HAS GOTTEN OUT OF HAND. I'VE SEEN LEFT TURNS WHERE
05:49:33 THERE'S MANY LEFT TURN SIGNS. TODAY I WAS ON FULTON STREET AT
05:49:39 25 MILE AN HOUR LIST WHICH STREET I WAS GOING 30 DON'T
05:49:43 TELL THE POLICE AND CARS WERE PASSING ME AND I HAD AN SUV ON
05:49:48 MY BEHIND BECAUSE I WAS GOING TO SLOW AT FIVE MILES OVER THE
05:49:52 SPEED LIMIT. I WAS IN A CROSSWALK THE OTHER
05:49:56 DAY AND AS I WAS CROSSING A CAR THAT WANTED TO MAKE A RIGHT
05:50:03 TURN ON THE RED LIGHT ALL LEGAL BUT PULLS INTO THE CROSSWALK
05:50:07 IN FRONT OF ME TWO FEET AWAY FROM ME.
05:50:08 I HAD TO STOP BACK UP, GO AROUND THE CAR.
05:50:12 >> IT WAS A WAYMO SELF-DRIVING CAR.
05:50:15 I MEAN THEY'RE NOT EVEN PROGRAMED TO PAY ATTENTION.
05:50:18 SO THE CITY HAS GOTTEN REALLY CRAZY.
05:50:19 I'M 80. I'VE BEEN HERE SINCE 70.
05:50:23 THAT'S 50 YEARS. IT'S GOTTEN WORSE AND WORSE
05:50:26 AND WORSE. PLEASE DO EVERYTHING YOU CAN TO
05:50:30 GET IT BACK. LIVING THE REST OF MY LIFE OR
05:50:34 ANYONE HAVING TO BE ON CRUTCHES OR IN A WHEELCHAIR OR IN A
05:50:38 COFFIN IS NOT THE WAY SAN FRANCISCO SHOULD RESPOND TO
05:50:42 WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE TRAFFIC HERE.
05:50:45 >> WE HAD A PERIOD WHERE WE DOUBLED DOWN ON DOUBLE PARKING
05:50:49 A FEW YEARS AGO MAYBE BEFORE SOME OF YOU WERE AROUND
05:50:53 AND THAT WORKED. WE GOT THE DOUBLE PARKING TO
05:50:55 STOP. WHY CAN'T A TRUCK THAT'S
05:50:58 DELIVERING SOMETHING PULL INTO AN EMPTY SPOT SOMEWHERE BECAUSE
05:51:01 THEY DON'T WANT TO WALK EXTRA STEPS SO THEY PARK RIGHT IN THE
05:51:05 STREET AND STOP. SOMETHING'S GOT TO BE DONE.
05:51:09 THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR MELGAR, THANK ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR JOBS
05:51:13 AND FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING. >> I KNOW YOU'RE HEARING THIS.
05:51:16 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. >> WELCOME TO THE NEXT SPEAKER
05:51:20 . >> GOOD EVENING.
05:51:21 BOARD PRESIDENT MANDEL MEN AND SUPERVISORS.
05:51:25 MY NAME IS MARTA LINDSEY. I'M THE COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR
05:51:28 AT WALK SAN FRANCISCO WHICH ADVOCATES EVERY DAY FOR
05:51:29 PEDESTRIANS IN OUR CITY. I'M HERE TO REALLY, REALLY
05:51:32 THANK SUPERVISOR MELGAR FOR INTRODUCING THE STREET SAFETY
05:51:36 ACT TONIGHT. >> I AM LOOKING AT A BOARD OF
05:51:42 SUPERVISORS WHO REALLY GETS WHY THIS RESOLUTION IS SO NEEDED.
05:51:47 YOU'VE SUPPORTED SPEED CAMERAS. YOU'VE LEGISLATED FOR
05:51:50 DAYLIGHTING TO BE PAINTED ACROSS YOUR DISTRICT AND YOU'VE
05:51:52 PUSHED FOR THE SPEED TO GET BACK IN THE GAME OF TRAFFIC
05:51:55 ENFORCEMENT. >> I KNOW YOU'RE HEARING FROM
05:51:59 CONSTITUENTS WHO FEEL LIKE IT'S THE WILD WEST OUT THERE AND NO
05:52:02 MATTER WHAT PART OF THE CITY YOU REPRESENT, YOU KNOW THAT
05:52:04 SENIORS AND CHILDREN ARE WAY TOO VULNERABLE GETTING AROUND
05:52:08 AND YOU DO NOT WANT TO GET THAT TEXT OR PHONE CALL SAYING THAT
05:52:11 SOMEONE HAS BEEN KILLED IN YOUR DISTRICT.
05:52:14 >> SUPERVISOR MEL GARS RESOLUTION REAFFIRMS SAN
05:52:18 FRANCISCO'S PRIOR VISION ZERO COMMITMENT TO END SEVERE
05:52:19 AND FATAL CRASHES AND THIS IS CRUCIAL.
05:52:22 WITHOUT THIS FUNDAMENTAL COMMITMENT AS A CITY, TRAFFIC
05:52:25 SAFETY WILL NOT BE PRIORITIZED .
05:52:28 IT'S THAT SIMPLE AND ZERO IS STILL AND ALWAYS WILL BE THE
05:52:33 RIGHT GOAL. SO I REALLY WANT TO THANK
05:52:34 SUPERVISOR MELGAR FOR REAFFIRMING SAN FRANCISCO AS A
05:52:38 VISION ZERO CITY. >> BUT SUPERVISOR MELGAR
05:52:40 RESOLUTION INCLUDES A LOT MORE AS A SUITE OF TARGETED ACTIONS
05:52:45 FOR KEY AGENCIES TO DO A LOT MORE TO DESIGN AND ENFORCE OUR
05:52:49 STREETS FOR SAFETY. THIS IS EVERYTHING FROM LEADING
05:52:52 INTO AUTOMATED ENFORCEMENT REFORMING THE RESIDENTIAL
05:52:56 TRAFFIC CALMING PROGRAM REQUIRING THAT STREETS ARE LEFT
05:52:59 BETTER THAN THEY WERE FOUND WHEN THEY ARE PAINTED OR PAVED
05:53:00 AND BY BETTER I MEAN A WHOLE LOT SAFER.
05:53:03 AND THERE'S A LOT OF RED TAPE CUTTING SO THAT STREET SAFETY
05:53:07 PROJECTS CAN HAPPEN FASTER BECAUSE WE NEED THEM TO HAPPEN
05:53:10 SO MUCH FASTER. SO WITH THE STREET SAFETY ACT
05:53:14 YOU ALL CAN DO WHAT I KNOW YOU WANT TO DO SAVE LIVES AND SHOW
05:53:19 THAT SAN FRANCISCO CAN LEAD ON AN ISSUE THAT AFFECTS EVERYONE
05:53:22 EVERY DAY IN OUR CITY. THANK YOU.
05:53:23 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. WELCOME TO THE NEXT SPEAKER.
05:53:33 >> I LOST MY FOURTH JOB IN SIX MONTHS THIS PAST FRIDAY.
05:53:37 IT'S NEVER A PERFORMANCE ISSUE BUT A DISCRIMINATE TORY ONE I'M
05:53:40 GIVEN LOOKS OF INFERIORITY WHEN OTHERS LEARN I'M ON PROBATION
05:53:44 JUST AS I WILL TODAY OTHERS TO IGNORE THEIR OWN CRIMES BEING
05:53:48 ACTIVELY COMMITTED NO MATTER HOW MINIMAL OR EXTREME TO FACE
05:53:52 NO CONSEQUENCE AS THE ONES WITH MORE MONEY NEVER DO.
05:53:53 WHILE REGULARLY DENYING DUE WAGES AMONG OTHER CRIMES OF
05:53:56 INTENT RATHER THAN OVERREACTION, I WAS TOLD I WAS
05:54:00 ANNOYING THIS WEEKEND I'VE ANNOYED A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT
05:54:04 PERMIT ABUSE AND DISCRIMINATION BUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THEM
05:54:08 AND MYSELF IS I DO NOT PERMIT IT NOR DO I REGULARLY ATTEMPT
05:54:12 TO DENY OTHERS THEIR FREEDOMS WHILE CONTINUING TO FORCED
05:54:15 CONTINUING A FORCED EXPERIENCE. THEY NEVER LET YOU ESCAPE TO
05:54:19 ANYONE THAT MIGHT FIND THIS REALITY ANNOYING.
05:54:23 LET YOURSELF UNDERSTAND YOU ARE NO BETTER.
05:54:24 I FIND IT ANNOYING BEING STRANGLED FOR 35 MINUTES
05:54:28 AND HAVING A FEMALE TELLING ME I SHOULD HAVE LEARNED FROM IT.
05:54:30 I FIND IT ANNOYING HAVING TO SPEND FOUR MONTHS IN CUSTODY
05:54:34 FOR TAKING DOWN A CURTAIN STABLE TO THE WALL WITH FECES
05:54:36 ON IT. MY SLUMLORDS CALLED ME A
05:54:37 FREELOADING DRUG ADDICT AS I WAS DENIED DUE WAGES BY TWO
05:54:41 MORE THAT I WON'T TELL YOU THEIR RACE BECAUSE IT'S NOT A
05:54:45 RACE ISSUE THAT MANY OF YOU ATTEMPT TO MAKE EVERY ISSUE
05:54:49 IT'S A DENIAL OF RIGHTS ISSUE MOST OFTEN FORCED BY MANY THAT
05:54:53 DON'T LIVE HERE. BUT PLEASE DON'T DISREGARD I'VE
05:54:54 LONG UNDERSTOOD THERE BEING IN EVERY RACE.
05:54:57 I FIND IT ANNOYING HAVING OTHERS SEEK THE ARREST OF
05:55:01 CITIZENS FOR LEGALLY PROTECTED RIGHTS WHILE THEY SHUT DOWN
05:55:04 BRIDGES FOR FOREIGN LANDS AND WANT TO SAY YOU BUT
05:55:07 ATTEMPT TO HOLD YOU CRIMINALS SHOULD YOU SAY YOU BACK THAT
05:55:11 HAPPENED THIS WEEKEND AND MORE THAN ONE MEMBER OF THE BOARD
05:55:12 HAS USED FOUL LANGUAGE UNABLE TO CONTROL THEIR QUOTE UNQUOTE
05:55:16 UNHINGED BEHAVIOR AS I'M TOLD TO HAVE.
05:55:19 SHOULD I USE THE SAME WORDS WHILE NOT EARNING $160,000 A
05:55:22 YEAR BUT EXPERIENCING CONTINUED DISCRIMINATORY PROSECUTION
05:55:26 AND EXPECTATION? YES, I AM REPEATING MUCH OF THE
05:55:29 SAME BUT THE SAME HAS YET TO CHANGE AS OUR SUICIDE RATE
05:55:33 CONTINUES TO INCREASE. I'M NOT CLAIMING PERFECT ACTION
05:55:37 IN EVERY INSTANCE BUT THAT'S THANK YOU AND OTHER CASES.
05:55:41 >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS AND EVEN ATTEMPTED SIR.
05:55:45 THANK YOU MR. SLEEPER TIME'S CONCLUDED IN WHICH THEY USE
05:55:49 THEMSELVES WHILE THEY WIN. >> THANK YOU.
05:55:52 SHAME TO MURDER THE SITTING PRESIDENT AT THE SAME SPACE.
05:55:56 >> THEY DON'T WANT YOU TO SAY THE WORD.
05:56:00 >> THANK YOU, SHANE. ARE THERE ANY OTHER MEMBERS OF
05:56:01 THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE BOARD DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT?
05:56:04 >> ALL RIGHT, MR. PRESIDENT. ALL RIGHT.
05:56:07 PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW CLOSED. MADAM CLERK, LET'S GO TO OUR
05:56:11 FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT COMMITTEE REFERENCE AGENDA ITEMS 72
05:56:14 THROUGH 77 YES. >> ITEM 72 THROUGH 77 WERE
05:56:17 INTRODUCED FOR ADOPTION WITHOUT REFERENCE TO COMMITTEE.
05:56:21 A UNANIMOUS VOTE IS REQUIRED FOR AN ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION
05:56:24 ON FIRST APPEARANCE TODAY. ALTERNATIVELY, A MEMBER MAY
05:56:25 REQUIRE A RESOLUTION ON FIRST APPEARANCE TO GO TO COMMITTEE.
05:56:29 >> SUPERVISOR FIELDER I WOULD LIKE TO SEVER AND AMEND ITEM 73
05:56:37 . >> ANYBODY ELSE?
05:56:41 >> ALL RIGHT. 73 IS SEVERED SO MADAM CLERK,
05:56:45 COULD YOU CALL THE ROLL ON THE REMAINING BALANCE OF THE ITEMS
05:56:48 ? >> SUPERVISOR FIELD ARE YOU
05:56:52 SAID 73, RIGHT? YES, CORRECT.
05:56:54 73. >> ALL RIGHT.
05:56:55 SO THEN ON 72, 74, 75, 76 AND 77.
05:57:00 SUPERVISOR ENGARDIO AND ENGARDIO I SUPERVISOR
05:57:04 FIELDER FIELDER I SUPERVISOR MAHMOOD MAHMOOD I SUPERVISOR
05:57:08 RANDLEMAN RIGHT MANDOLIN EYES SUPERVISOR MELGAR MELGAR I
05:57:12 SUPERVISOR SADR SADR EYES SUPERVISOR CHERYL CHERYL EYES
05:57:19 SUPERVISOR WALTON WALTON EYES SUPERVISOR CHAN CHIN I
05:57:23 SUPERVISOR CHIN CHIN I AND SUPERVISOR DORSEY DORSEY
05:57:27 EITHER ARE LEBANESE WITHOUT OBJECTION THE RESOLUTIONS ARE
05:57:31 ADOPTED MADAM CLERK PLEASE CALL ITEM 73 ITEM 73 A RESOLUTION TO
05:57:35 SUPPORT THE GOLDEN STATE VALKYRIES WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
05:57:39 TEAM AND THEIR FIGHT FOR A FAIR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT
05:57:43 AND EQUAL COMPENSATION IN THE WOMEN'S NATIONAL BASKETBALL
05:57:47 ASSOCIATION. >> SUPERVISOR FIELDER THANK YOU
05:57:50 COLLEAGUES. >> I HAVE SOME NON SUBSTANTIVE
05:57:54 AMENDMENTS TO THIS ITEM TO SPECIFY OUR SUPPORT OF THE
05:57:55 VALKYRIES PLAYERS AS THEY ENGAGE IN THEIR NEGOTIATIONS.
05:57:59 >> I NOW MOVE TO AMEND THIS ITEM BY ADDING PLAYERS AFTER
05:58:03 GOLDEN STATE VALKYRIES. >> ON PAGE ONE LINE ONE
05:58:09 AND ONLINE THREE. BY ALSO CHANGING MEMBERS TO A
05:58:13 MEMBER ON PAGE TWO LINE 15 ADDING BETWEEN THE WNBA
05:58:17 AND WNBA PARENTHESES WOMEN'S NATIONAL BASKETBALL PLAYERS
05:58:22 ASSOCIATION AFTER NEGOTIATION ON PAGE TWO, LINE 24 AND ADDING
05:58:30 PLAYERS ON PAGE THREE LINE NINE .
05:58:40 >> IS THERE A SECOND SECONDED BY MAHMOOD?
05:58:43 COLLEAGUES CAN WE TAKE THAT AMENDMENT WITHOUT OBJECTION
05:58:50 THEN WITHOUT OBJECTION THE AMENDMENT PASSES AND I THINK
05:58:54 THAT WE CAN TAKE THE AMENDED RESOLUTION SAME HOUSE, SAME
05:58:59 CALL WITHOUT OBJECTION THE AMENDED RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED
05:59:04 AND THEN MADAM CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANY IMPERATIVE AGENDA
05:59:08 ITEMS? >> NONE TO REPORT, MR.
05:59:10 PRESIDENT. >> RIGHT.
05:59:11 COULD YOU PLEASE READ THE IN MEMORIAM?
05:59:14 >> YES. TODAY'S MEETING WILL BE
05:59:15 ADJOURNED IN MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING BELOVED INDIVIDUAL ON
05:59:18 BEHALF OF SUPERVISOR DORSEY FOR THE LATE MR. SCOTT GARVEY.
05:59:25 ALL RIGHT. I THINK THAT BRINGS US TO THE
05:59:26 END OF OUR AGENDA. MADAM CLERK.
05:59:27 IS THERE ANY FURTHER BUSINESS BEFORE US TODAY?
05:59:29 THAT CONCLUDES OUR BUSINESS FOR TODAY ALL THEN WE ARE ADJOURNED